Take It Big

"Take It Big" is a complete flop. This almost even isn't a movie. It is just a scenario wherein Jack Haley inherits a dude ranch out West, but then arrives at a different ranch and mistakenly thinks he owns it. And that's it! They just 'milk' that for lame jokes and then throw in a few songs.

The highlight song, however, is a 5 minute rendition of Figaro by Frank Forest. Why is it in a movie about dude ranches? I could also ask why the character played by Mary Beth Hughes is even in this, too. The character played by Hughes is only nice to Jack Haley when some unknown other guy is in view....trying to make that guy jealous. We never learn, however, who this other guy is. At the same time, Haley has a gal (played by Harriet Hilliard) who actually likes him (and we know this because Hilliard tied Haley's bow tie a few times!), but she is generally ignored throughout the movie's 75 minutes. Hilliard, apparently, is only in this to sing a song.

Add a lifeless Ozzie Nelson playing himself and you have got almost nothing good (save for the operatic aria mentioned above and one OK song by Haley).