With Love and Kisses

With Love and Kisses
Directed by	Leslie Goodwins
Written by	Al Martin Sherman L. Lowe
Produced by	Maurice Conn Coy Poe
Starring	Pinky Tomlin Toby Wing Kane Richmond
Cinematography	Arthur Reed
Edited by	Martin G. Cohn
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production company	Conn Pictures
Distributed by	Ambassador Pictures
Release date	December 7, 1936 (1936-12-07)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

With Love and Kisses is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Pinky Tomlin, Toby Wing and Kane Richmond. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature for release by Ambassador Pictures.

The film depicts the troubled life of a songwriter in New York City. He has one of his songs stolen, he struggles to find inspiration for further songs, and he is involved in the life of a female singer.

Plot

Homer 'Spec' Higgins, a songwriter from rural Arkansas heads to New York City to make his fortune. However he is tricked by a radio star Don Gray who steals his song and claims it as his own. Further complications ensue when Higgins is backed by an ex-racketeer to produce more hit songs, but is unable to do so without Minnie, his Jersey cow from back home. He also became entangled with singer Barbara Holbrook and her drunken lawyer brother.

Cast

• Pinky Tomlin as Homer 'Spec' Higgins
• Toby Wing as Barbara Holbrook
• Kane Richmond as Don Gray
• Arthur Housman as Gilbert Holbrook
• Russell Hopton as Flash Henderson
• Jerry Bergen as Himself
• Peters Sisters as Themselves
• Fuzzy Knight as Butch
• G. Pat Collins as Joe
• Olaf Hytten as Dickson

Bibliography

• Langman, Larry. Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking. McFarland, 2000.
• Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

• With Love and Kisses at IMDb