Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Buck Benny Rides Again (1940), 6

Jack Benny (as himself) tries to make good his fictitious boasts about roughing it in Nevada, in a spoof of Western cliches.
1h 24min | Comedy, Musical, Western | 3 May 1940
Director: Mark Sandrich
Stars: Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson.
Merriel Abbott Dancers ... Indian Adagio and Acrobatic Routines
LeRoy Prinz ... other dance numbers staged by

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032289/
Watched online, ok print.

An ok comedy, with some decent musical numbers with the Merriel Abbott Dancers. Rochester, and his romance with the leading lady's maid, are the best part of the show, since he also has a tap routine. The romantic intrigues of Buck Benny were dull, and occupy the majority of the film. Some pretty sets.

In the Tap! Appendix for Rochester & his romantic interest, Theresa Harris.

Paramount, dir. Sandrich; 6