Spoilers. Observations. Reflections. Opinions.
I like tap dance. It's one of my favorite types of dance. I like the dancing here of Shirley and Buddy. Many followers of Beverly Hillbillies/Jed Clampett do not know that Buddy had an earlier career as a dancer, or that he almost became the Tin Man in the film, The Wizard of Oz.
Small observation: beginning of film, Shirley getting dressed. Undies have small hole in front. Is this boys' underwear? This looks weird and peculiar. She should have on some feminine underthings, complete with lace and softer accoutrements.
The grizzled sailors in the Codfish Ball scene remind one of the male aviators in her The Good Ship Lollipop scene in the other film. Shirley is a lone female.
I still like this film. Shirley has a great pantheon of films in a wonderful collection.
Jane Darwell cleaned up better here than in The Grapes of Wrath. I've never seen her look so good, relatively speaking. Jane was way more feminine here than she was in Mary Poppins.
The film observer and critic.
8/10.
I like tap dance. It's one of my favorite types of dance. I like the dancing here of Shirley and Buddy. Many followers of Beverly Hillbillies/Jed Clampett do not know that Buddy had an earlier career as a dancer, or that he almost became the Tin Man in the film, The Wizard of Oz.
Small observation: beginning of film, Shirley getting dressed. Undies have small hole in front. Is this boys' underwear? This looks weird and peculiar. She should have on some feminine underthings, complete with lace and softer accoutrements.
The grizzled sailors in the Codfish Ball scene remind one of the male aviators in her The Good Ship Lollipop scene in the other film. Shirley is a lone female.
I still like this film. Shirley has a great pantheon of films in a wonderful collection.
Jane Darwell cleaned up better here than in The Grapes of Wrath. I've never seen her look so good, relatively speaking. Jane was way more feminine here than she was in Mary Poppins.
The film observer and critic.
8/10.