It Can't Last Forever (1937) DVD-R

Starring Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness, Robert Armstrong, Raymond Walburn, Thurston Hall,
Dorothy Dandridge, Donald O'Connor
Directed by Hamilton MacFadden

Print: black/white
Runtime: 68 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Theatrical agents Russ Matthews (Ralph Bellamy) and Al Tinker (Robert Armstrong) try to
make a quick buck by promoting bibuolous vaudeville fortune-teller Dr. Fothergill (Raymond
Walburn) as a genuine prophet. Amazingly, Fothergill's predictions come true, and soon his
advice is being solicited by such shady types as gangster boss Cronin (Ed Pawley). This not
only threatens the future existence of Matthews and Tinker, but also puts a crimp in
Matthews' romance with girl reporter Carol Wilson (Betty Furness). The vaudeville and radio
background of It Can't Last Forever affords several opportunities to inject specialty acts into
the storyline. Among these is a personable trio of juvenile singers called the Dandridge
Sisters, featuring 14-year-old Dorothy Dandridge in one of her first screen roles.