The Mild West

1933
21m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

126

YOUR RATING

Olive Borden, Paul Keast, and Philip Ryder in The Mild West (1933)

Comedy Musical Short Western

In a small town in the Old West, Lulu, a singer/saloon owner, marries Gentleman Joe after he wins her saloon in a card game. Baby Doll, Lulu's rival for Joe's affections, vows that she will ... Read allIn a small town in the Old West, Lulu, a singer/saloon owner, marries Gentleman Joe after he wins her saloon in a card game. Baby Doll, Lulu's rival for Joe's affections, vows that she will steal Joe from her someday and then moves to New York. Lulu and Joe grow up (and grow old)... Read allIn a small town in the Old West, Lulu, a singer/saloon owner, marries Gentleman Joe after he wins her saloon in a card game. Baby Doll, Lulu's rival for Joe's affections, vows that she will steal Joe from her someday and then moves to New York. Lulu and Joe grow up (and grow old) with the town as it becomes a modern, present-day city. Baby Doll returns from New York a... Read all

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

126

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
Vitaphone production reels #1582-1583.

Quotes
Lulu: Hello, Baby Doll.
Baby Doll: Hello.
Lulu: Who ya waitin' for?
Baby Doll: Nobody.
Lulu: You mean "anybody", don't you?

Soundtracks
My Pony Boy
(uncredited)
Music by Charley O'Donnell
Performed during the opening credits and at the beginning

User reviews9

Review

Featured review

6/10

Where Men Are Men, Women Are Women, Cows Are Cows.....

Janet Reade and Olive Borden trade quips as saloon girls, while the patrons snipe at the piano player, and everyone sings a song or six in this Vitaphone short. The women fight over Paul Keast, a fight that continues over thirty years and roves from the old west to a modern Broadway leg show in a beauty parlor.

A paper-thin and nonsensical plot connects the two eras, and if you don't take any of it seriously, you should enjoy this short, as well as the decent, if totally unremarkable songs, old and new, that are showcased in this one. Miss Reade is an attractive blonde here, with the brassy voice that stage performers cultivated during Musical theater's heyday.