(70 min) Released 1937-01-01
Director: Clifford Sanforth
Stars: Frank Luther, Dorothy Dare, Lona Andre
Genres: Comedy | Music | Romance
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028999/
Watched online; fuzzy print, only 66 min.
I found nothing to recommend this. Everything is shrug-worthy: songs, stars, acting, plot. Some faces are familiar, but we have no male lead worth watching. Frank Luther made a few films, and composed most of the songs here, but doesn't have a lot of credits in IMDb, which makes sense to me.
I've seen Dorothy Dare a few times by now, and she looks good here, but isn't really credible as a failed opera singer who hates jazz music - and yet tap dances competently (there's no tap dancing in opera, and the closest you get to an opera singer who dances at all is Salome undulating with her 7 veils or John the Baptist's head, or in stories set later in history, whirling around a ballroom).
Supporting players Franklin Pangborn and Robert Warwick add some familiarity, but it doesn't help.
Imperial Productions was active 1928-38, plus a couple of later credits that might not belong.
I've hit a couple of Republic musicals that were worthwhile, so I'm trying to stay open to Poverty Row and independent productions, but this one makes me want to narrow the field again. I won't... for now.
Imperial Productions, dir. Sanforth; 5
