Harry Barris and Audrey Ferris want to get married, and her father, Harry Holman, likes Barris' piano playing. However, he hates it when Barris sings songs like "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal, You".
Barris, like Bing Crosby, came out of the Rhythm Boys, and was a popular singer and composer in the 1930s, but his movie career was nowhere near as successful. For one thing, he didn't wear a hairpiece, and for a second, he had nowhere near as easy-going a demeanor on screen. In the shorts he appeared in for Al Christie, he played a rather frenetic fellow, but it wasn't enough to sustain a career as a movie star, so he had to be content with a successful recording career, and composing songs like "I Surrender, Dear."
Barris, like Bing Crosby, came out of the Rhythm Boys, and was a popular singer and composer in the 1930s, but his movie career was nowhere near as successful. For one thing, he didn't wear a hairpiece, and for a second, he had nowhere near as easy-going a demeanor on screen. In the shorts he appeared in for Al Christie, he played a rather frenetic fellow, but it wasn't enough to sustain a career as a movie star, so he had to be content with a successful recording career, and composing songs like "I Surrender, Dear."
