(87 mins.) Released 1934-12-29
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Stars: Irene Dunne, Donald Woods, Hugh Herbert, Ned Sparks
Bobby Connolly ... ensembles director
originally posted 22 Oct 2017 03:45
1898, Kern & Hammerstein, 3 singing actresses with solos. It helps to understand that this was a starring vehicle for Helen Morgan on Broadway. What I do NOT understand is the ending, where the whole thing we've been watching has been a play, with Pop is the backstage manager, not ID's father and owner of the beergarden. So it's a movie about a play about a play? No reviews talked about this, and IMDb closed the discussion boards.
Most famous song: Why Was I Born? Both production numbers are good to watch: Lonely Feet starts at 1:07, We Were So Young starts at 1:13:20. Not so much the movie overall. I love Irene Dunne, but this would have been better with Helen Morgan, and NOT the switcheroo of setting at the end.
Warner Bros, dir. LeRoy; 6-
