But for playboy Sanderson, he old ways are "too pleasant to give up" and he flirts with ladies in the city for long periods of time.After his horse refuses o eat from a bag of oats, he sprinkles it with salt and eats the horse""s meal.In contrast to the fantasy, escapist romantic dance musicals of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers that also began in the same year (Flying Down to Rio (1933)), his film was an unglamorized look at the tough realities of backstage life behind the footlights.He casually urns down her offer to get together later in the evening.As she glides away from him, she strokes his hair again ("Just crazy about the back of your hair"), points her index finger at him, and clicks her tongue as she shoots.