(90 min) Released 1936-08-21
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Stars: Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Patsy Kelly, Ritz Brothers, Tony Martin
Genres: Musical
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028255/
A nice piece of fluff. Everyone does what you'd expect of them, so long as you remember that Alice Faye also dances.
First film credit of the Ritz Brothers. Their mania revolves around funny movement and impressions of forgotten celebs. (Harry Richmond??) The Marx Brothers had a point: make fun of those in power. The Ritz Brothers could sing and dance, but didn't do any verbal comedy like Groucho did with everyone, including Groucho v. Chico. At least not in this film, and I only have 4 of their 15+ appearances, so I shouldn't make any definitive statements. I also don't know if they ever were the stars of a film, as the MB were.
This is not Tony Martin's first appearance, but it's more substantial than what I've seen so far. I couldn't tell you if he got to sing a full song all the way through.
Fox, dir. Lanfield; 6
