Busby Berkley directed this silly but very fun musical. The plots have Alice Brady, a very rich widow, losing a great deal of money while financing a huge musical put on by con man Adolphe Menjou (chewing the scenery); Dick Powell romancing Gloria Stuart and Glenda Farrell blackmailing Hugh Herbert. For once the dialogue isn't as bad as it is in most 1930s musicals with some truly funny comic relief. Also Berkley throws in two just unbelievable production numbers. One of them is set to "The Lullaby of Broadway"--the tap dancing in this one is incredible and it tells a story with a surprisingly depressing ending. Aside from the Berkley numbers however this is no great shakes but very pleasant and lots of fun.
Look for the hilarious scene where Powell and Stuart are on a lake supposedly at 9:00 at night but a wide shot shows the sun shining and a clear sky! And in the very next shot they're in a moonlit grotto! Didn't anyone ever catch this?
Look for the hilarious scene where Powell and Stuart are on a lake supposedly at 9:00 at night but a wide shot shows the sun shining and a clear sky! And in the very next shot they're in a moonlit grotto! Didn't anyone ever catch this?