vincentlynch-moonoi One of the great screen musicals? Hardly. But that doesn't mean it isn't entertaining. Remember, this is not an MGM film...the one studio that really "got" musicals (although they had some misses). This is just little old RKO.I have to admit that I didn't realize Joan Davis had been in so many films. She was very good with the right role...and this is one of those right roles. She fits her talents into this role well without exaggeration.Jack Haley is the male lead here, and although somewhat forgotten now, he figured pretty big in Hollywood for quite a few years, although here he was past his prime. Nevertheless, the part works for him.The other gem here is the wonderful Margaret Hamilton with a bigger role than she often got...and she makes the most of it! A lot of the laughs here belong to her.The musical numbers are "okay", a "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries" is quite good.The plot is mainly an excuse for entertainment numbers, but it's okay --a man (Haley) is in love with a woman (Davis), but the man's spinster sister (Hamilton) won't have it! Pretty standard fare, although it seems like it might be more at home about 5 years earlier.

ksf-2 Mixed emotions about this one. Some fun, upbeat stuff, and big names like Margaret Hamilton and Jack Haley, in starring roles, post Wizard. Gene Krupa. Some funny lines in this thing, specifically the diner scene. Clever jokes and banter. Kills some time, but you don't really have to pay attention to the plot. I think the point is to highlight the bands and performers. They also reprise "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries", which shows up in various films from time to time, usually with a stripper or silly act. Didn't really dig the bit where a young girl seems to lip synch, while playing Joan as a youngster. didn't really work. "Liza" played on the organ also brought this to a crashing halt. should have left that out. The thin plot here is just all over the map, but it doesn't really matter. Directed by Felix Feist.

lairdg I gave this film "5" out of "10", but there's a caveat.The movie itself might be described anywhere along the continuim, from "Awful" to "Excellent", depending on what the viewer is looking for. My rating is purely arbitrary.It's total escapist fare, one of hundreds of films ground out during WWII to divert the American people from the horrors of war for an hour or two, and it must have done its job. It's certainly diverting.But what it is, more than anything else, is a time capsule of the fashions, manners and mores of a particular time and place. It is the year 1945 preserved in amber, and it was completely dated by 1947.From the showgirls in the musical numbers - pompadoured, lacquered and outrageously costumed in what looks like whatever the wardrobe department had left over, to the irrepressible Joan Davis dressed to the nines and beyond in shoulder pads, sequins and hair, hair, hair - this picture is a never-ending parade of "What Not to Wear", '40's style, and it's a hoot.Add a couple of silly romantic sub-plots and the slinky Jane Greer as the backstage back-stabber, and you have the whole package. There's even leading man Phillip Terry - briefly married to Joan Crawford in real life, and the scene-stealing Margaret Hamilton thrown in for good measure. And believe me, anyone who can steal a scene from Joan Davis and Jack Haley in their prime is guilty of grand theft thespeus.So there you have it. This one is not likely to show up on AFI's list of anything. If you're looking for a Golden Age musical, this isn't it. But if you're in the mood to spend a little time watching how your grandparents did it, this one's for you.

Dead_Mann its an average corny musical,from the mid 40s, that has many flaws, but can still be kinda fun to watch, if you're in to older movies....it has an OK cast including Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Philip Terry, Martha Holiday, Ethel smith, Margaret Hamilton, Glenn Tryon, Jane Greer,Audrey Young.......the musicals parts of the movie are OK but very corny and kinda stupid, like most musicals back then i guess, so i cant totally say i recommend this, but it wasn't totally bad i guess, if you do want to see it, good luck finding it.....