ragseller47

I just love this movie! Red Skelton has always been one of my favorites, and Miss Powell's dancing is fabulous. My family's favorite part of this movie, however, is VIRGINIA O'BRIEN! Known for her deadpan facial expressions, she outdoes herself while singing the song Poor You. (Pay attention to the lyrics - so funny!) We have to rewind this part of the movie several times just because she is so ADORABLE! And the reactions by Bert Lahr are priceless. The music is good, the plot okay, but who cares? Miss Powell is gorgeous and the love story is cute. And it's a treat to see a young Frank Sinatra. One of my favorites.

I caught about 3/4 of this movie last night on Turner Classics and I wish I had seen it from the beginning. I was so taken with Warner Baxter's performance - he is so cute when he performs on stage the first time, scratching and looking uncomfortable. Later when he reluctantly stars with Miss Barnes in an opera, dressed in this Renaissance type outfit complete with fake beard, he is just a delight to watch. I actually laughed out loud. The dialog is crisp and funny, Loretta Young is very appealing and the supporting actors are real characters. I would buy this movie and skip the music, except for the last song they do on the train.

I purchased this movie in a pack of musical DVDs and I'm tickled to have it because the star, Grace Bradley, is the wife of the cowboy star, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd, who died in the early 1970s). I've been looking for years for any movie that she was in. She is still alive and a very beautiful lady to be in her 90s. This movie was made around the time she and Bill Boyd married. She was interviewed in a documentary on Hopalong Cassidy and she is such a delight to watch. I've always wanted to see what she looked like when she was young, and she does not disappoint. I can see why Hoppy fell in love with her! Watch this movie just to see what "might have been" if she hadn't quit her career to marry Hoppy!