Garden of the Moon (1938)

John Quinn (Pat O'Brien) is the ruthless manager of the night club Garden of the Moon. He has booked Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees for a season as his band. But Vallee has been in a car accident and can't work for a while. Quinn's secretary Toni Blake (Margaret Lindsay) is only able to get the unknown band of Don Vincente (John Payne). Quinn makes clear to Vincente that he has only to work for a fortnight, until Vallee is able to work. Vincente doesn't like the way Quinn handles his personnel and they start a small private war against each other. Vincente falls in love with Toni. When Vincente becomes famous despite Quinn's attempts to make a fool of him, he gets an offer for a radio program and he gladly accepts. But Toni don't want to leave her job in the Garden of the Moon, so Quinn starts his game to get Vincente back.