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Ready, Willing, and Able is a 1937 musical film directed by Ray Enright and starring Ruby Keeler and Ross Alexander.

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Ready, Willing, and Able
Directed by	Ray Enright
Written by	Richard Macaulay (story) Warren Duff Sig Herzig Jerry Wald
Produced by	Samuel Bischoff
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	Doug Gould
Music by	Heinz Eric Roemheld (Uncredited)
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 6, 1937 (1937-03-06)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Songs in the film were written by composer Richard A. Whiting and lyricist Johnny Mercer. The most successful song introduced by Wini Shaw and Ross Alexander, and reprised throughout, was "Too Marvelous for Words", which has become a pop and jazz standard.

In the final production number choreographed by Bobby Connolly, Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon tap across the keys of a giant-sized typewriter while dancers’ legs mimic typebars striking letters. The film was released to lackluster business in the aftermath of Alexander’s suicide.

Cast

• Ruby Keeler as Jane Clarke
• Lee Dixon as Pinky 'Pinkie' Blair
• Allen Jenkins as J. 'Katsy' Van Courtland
• Louise Fazenda as Clara Heineman
• Ross Alexander as Barry Granville (his last film before his suicide)
• Carol Hughes as Angie
• Hugh O'Connell as Truman Hardy
• Wini Shaw as The English Jane Clarke
• Teddy Hart as Yip Nolan
• Addison Richards as Edward 'Mac' McNeil
• E.E. Clive as Sir Buffington
• Jane Wyman as Receptionist
• Lillian Kemble-Cooper as Mrs. Buffington
• unbilled players include Milton Kibbee

External links

• Ready, Willing, and Able at IMDb
• Ready, Willing, and Able at AllMovie
• Ready, Willing, and Able at the TCM Movie Database
• New York Times review

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