(88 min) Released 1938-08-17
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Stars: Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor, Elizabeth Patterson
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030752/
bootleg disc, fuzzy print; only 6 chapters, last 2 are not the movie.
The first 3 billed play brothers, Patterson their mother. Birth years:
Crosby 1903
MacMurray 1908
O'Connor 1925 (this is his 4th credit; started in '37)
Patterson 1875
Early song (I'VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS) in nightclub: DO does a little dancing with a full-sized accordion strapped to him; it's half his height and looks like it's going to pull him over.
Did every reviewer write "too much Sinning, not enough Singing"? There's 1 hymn, 4 songs and a reprise. For 88 minutes? Ugh. They only perform in street clothes, so I get 0 glamour until the very last moments. And there's a big brawl near the end. Is this a remake of that Victor McLaglen flick? (No, and it's a different studio.)
The 3 "brothers" sing well together. Just wish it would have been a different type of show. Saved from being a 5 by their harmony and DO's tiny bit of hoofing (he's also a good actor).
Paramount, dir. Ruggles; 6-
