A vaudeville couple quit to raise a son, then come back with their grandson in the act.A vaudeville couple quit to raise a son, then come back with their grandson in the act.A vaudeville couple quit to raise a son, then come back with their grandson in the act.
- Dancing Ensemble - Edited from The March of Time (1930)
- (archive footage)
- (as Albertina Rasch Dancers)
- Cousin David
- (uncredited)
- Man in Balcony
- (uncredited)
- Joe Mannion
- (uncredited)
- Wanda
- (uncredited)
- William Collier Sr. - Vaudeville Act
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Aunt Clara
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Willard Mack
- Jules White(retakes) (uncredited)
- Writers
- Willard Mack
- Edgar Allan Woolf
- Robert E. Hopkins(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNelson Eddy - 33 at the time - was required to do a screen test for the film). Eddy's test took 58 takes and even the best was determined to be awful. MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer overruled everyone and ordered that he be only used for a singing sequence in the film.
- Quotes
Lulu Hackett: Actors haven't any more rights than other people. Anyway, I ain't crazy over actors.
Ted Hackett: Aww, don't say that, mama. It's a grand old profession.
Lulu Hackett: Yeah, I don't know about that. We're like monkeys climbing up and hanging by our tails, and the people outside the cages laugh and think it's funny. Yeah. Well, that's all right, so long as we don't quit amusing them.
Ted Hackett: Yeah, but we never quit. That's something performers don't do. They go on and on. They die, mother, but they don't quit.
- Crazy creditsIntro: "New York in the late 80's. Its great variety hall and most popular place of entertainment - - Tony Pastor's Theatre - where the greatest celebrities known to the amusement world started their careers. Upon its historical old stage this story begins."
- ConnectionsEdited from The March of Time (1930)
Amazingly enough, in a movie set in vaudeville, none of the lead actors can dance. They're either filmed from very far away with obvious dance doubles, or in tight closeups that show them moving only their shoulders with huge grins. The exceptions are the kids, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney, who ironically plays Jackie's son. You have to wait an hour to see him, and once again, he's only on the screen for a few minutes. This is a generational saga, with Frank and Alice aging decades in the ninety minutes. They start off as a young couple, then wind up with a grown-up grandson in their midst. If you're renting this movie to see the kiddies, you'll be disappointed. You'd better be watching it for Frank and Alice, who age very gracefully. With their white hair, Alice's dowager hump, and Frank's dark circles that show the hard life they've lived, it really feels as if you've known them their entire lives.
In the start of the movie, their gag at the end of their song and dance is for Alice to pick up a bouquet of roses thrown on the stage. Frank says to the audience, "I'll find the fellow who sent her those and break his neck!" to a strong laugh. As the decades pass, the laughter dwindles, and even though Frank's tone gives the same delivery, his eyes show he's humiliated and disappointed that he's never achieved more. Finally, as an old man, he uses a monocle, has a slack jaw, and wobbles his legs when he rises from his chair, all while preserving the dignity of a man who used to entertain audiences with his legs and the ladies with his good looks. If you're a Frank Morgan fan, rent it; he truly embodies the old hoofer who's tried and failed his whole life. If you're not, you probably won't enjoy it.
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- Also known as
- March of Time
- Filming locations
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1