(84 min) Released 1936-12-20
Director: Henry Koster
Stars: Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Alice Brady, Ray Milland, Deanna Durbin (b. 4 Dec 1921; this is her first feature film)
Genres: Comedy | Musical | Romance
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028373/
Enjoyable divorce-interference farce, with the daughters trying to foil the engagement of their father after 10 years of not seeing him at all. DD sings 3 songs, and helps ramp up the energy level to near-hysteria toward the end of the film.
Great to see Milland so young, handsome and less jaded than in older years. Good array of character actors here to lend support, including Mischa Auer.
This is a banner year for Universal. Show Boat and this are the first 2 of their films on my musicals list, both released in '36.
Universal, dir. Koster; 6+
