Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Hooray for Love (1935); 6+

A young man with money falls for singer Pat Thatcher, and her con man father makes the most of it.
(72 mins.) Released 1935-06-14
Director: Walter Lang
Stars: Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Bill Robinson, Maria Gambarelli
Sammy Lee ... musical dance numbers created and directed by

comedy, musical

originally posted 27 Oct 2017 02:20

The highlight of this film is I'm Livin' in a Great Big Way: Bill Robinson, dancing and singing with Jeni LeGon, accompanied by Fats Waller, at 0:52-1:01, reprise 1:10:20-:46.

I's very pleasant overall. Lionel Stander as the Russian director of the musical (yup, another backstager), Gene Raymond as the Broadway producer wannabe, Ann Sothern as the working actress/singer/dancer, lots of chorus boys and girls (supposedly Lucille Ball again, and Dave O'Brien, but I wasn't watching for them.)

I like that they did full numbers during the film, and then referenced them with the turn of a program page, and then presented new numbers too. (I've grown tired of the BB method of withholding the good stuff for the last 20 minutes.)

RKO, dir. Lang; 6+

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