Zeus

He Couldn't Say No (1938)

• Director
  • Lewis Seiler
• Writers
  • Robertson White(screenplay)
  • Joseph Schrank(screenplay)
  • Ben Grauman Kohn(screenplay)
• Stars
  • Frank McHugh
  • Jane Wyman
  • Cora Witherspoon

  In this comedy, a milquetoast office clerk is forcibly betrothed to a woman by her overbearing mother. The trouble begins when the man buys a rather erotic statue of a woman. The mother and her daughter are so appalled that they leave. The man loves his statue and soon learns that the model is the daughter of a prominent senator. More trouble ensues when the sculpture becomes the object of a blackmailing scheme. The crooks keep trying to get hold of it, but the clever clerk consistently outwits them. In the end, his gallant efforts win the respect and love of the pretty model.