<P> Once in Miami , Joe woos Sugar by assuming a second disguise as a millionaire named Junior , the heir to Shell Oil , while feigning disinterest in Sugar . An actual millionaire , the much - married aging mama 's boy Osgood Fielding III , ( Joe E. Brown ) tries repeatedly to pick up Daphne , who rebuffs him . Osgood invites Daphne for a champagne supper on his yacht . Joe convinces Daphne to keep Osgood occupied onshore so that Junior can take Sugar to Osgood 's yacht , passing it off as his . Once on the yacht , Junior explains to Sugar that , due to psychological trauma , he is impotent and frigid , but that he would marry anyone who could change that . Sugar tries to arouse some sexual response in Junior , and begins to succeed . Meanwhile , Daphne and Osgood dance the tango ( `` La Cumparsita '' ) till dawn . When Joe and Jerry get back to the hotel , Jerry explains that Osgood has proposed marriage to Daphne and that he , as Daphne , has accepted , anticipating an instant divorce and huge cash settlement when his ruse is revealed . Joe convinces Jerry that he can not actually marry Osgood . </P>
<P> Once in Miami , Joe woos Sugar by assuming a second disguise as a millionaire named Junior , the heir to Shell Oil , while feigning disinterest in Sugar . An actual millionaire , the much - married aging mama 's boy Osgood Fielding III , ( Joe E. Brown ) tries repeatedly to pick up Daphne , who rebuffs him . Osgood invites Daphne for a champagne supper on his yacht . Joe convinces Daphne to keep Osgood occupied onshore so that Junior can take Sugar to Osgood 's yacht , passing it off as his . Once on the yacht , Junior explains to Sugar that , due to psychological trauma , he is impotent and frigid , but that he would marry anyone who could change that . Sugar tries to arouse some sexual response in Junior , and begins to succeed . Meanwhile , Daphne and Osgood dance the tango ( `` La Cumparsita '' ) till dawn . When Joe and Jerry get back to the hotel , Jerry explains that Osgood has proposed marriage to Daphne and that he , as Daphne , has accepted , anticipating an instant divorce and huge cash settlement when his ruse is revealed . Joe convinces Jerry that he can not actually marry Osgood . </P>
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Joe E. Brown
Joe E. Brown