Angels with Broken Wings

Katherine Alexander is supposed to marry John Litel, but the courts have ruled that Mexican divorces don't count. So he's still married to gold-digging Binnie Barnes, who won't let him go. Miss Alexander's three daughters, Jane Frazee, Leni Lynn, and Marilyn Hare, conspire with their associates, including Leo Gorcey, Tom Kennedy, and Billy Gilbert, to invent a South American millionaire to sweep away Miss Barnes.... and then Gilbert Roland shows up. Is he the answer to everyone's dreams?

It's an ambitious movie from Republic Pictures to create a sort of Deanna Durbin crazy comedy, and they loaded director Bernard Vorhaus with a lot of talented comics... too many, it seems, alas, since they compete for screen time to do their routines: so much so that no one gets to do anything, and the story bogs down. It's really a pity, because every once in a while, it seems to be about to take off...and then the movie turns its attention to some one else. The result is watchable, but it's too erratic to hold your attention against competition.