1h 52min | Comedy, Musical | 18 September 1941
Directors: Norman Z. McLeod, Busby Berkeley (uncredited)
Stars: Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, John Carroll, Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Berry Brothers.
Busby Berkeley ... director: musical numbers
Damaged disc: chapters 19-24 either don't play at all or freeze/skip; will definitely have to replace it, but not thrilled with prices today.
I think the majority of my discs-gone-bad have been MGM.
In the Tap! Appendix for The Berry Brothers (James, Warren, Nyas credited onscreen) and Eleanor Powell. BB are very athletic/gymnastic as well as artistic.
Red Skelton is sadly underutilized. This is his 6th of 36 film credits. He'll come up a lot in this quest through '52.
Musical numbers (# by G&I Gershwin, * by Edens & Freed, ^ by Kern & Hammerstein):
- Sc 4: You'll Never Know*, AS shares her lyrics with RY
- Sc 9: Your Words and My Music*, post-divorce, song writing
- Sc 12: Your Words and My Music, sung by JC in nightclub while broadcast on radio
- Sc 13: Your Words and My Music, sung by VO same venue
- Sc 14: You'll Never Know, sung/danced by Berry Brothers (formal short white jackets, black trousers, top hats, 1 cane)
- Sc 15: Oh, Lady Be Good#, composing
- Sc 16: Oh, Lady Be Good, orchestration/sales/versions montage
- Sc 17: The Last Time I Saw Paris^, sung by AS at testimonial dinner for RY & her
- Sc 20: Oh, Lady Be Good, EP dancing with dog (damaged disc, watched clip online)
- Fascinating Rhythm#
- Sc 25: sung by Connie Russell
- Sc 26: danced by Berry Brothers
- Sc 27: danced by EP against curtains opening to a new piano, eventually a band
Previously rated 7 with no +/- possible. Adding the + now for the Fascinating Rhythm scenes, the other BB number, and EP dancing with the dog.
MGM, dir. McLeod & Berkeley; 7+
MGM, dir. McLeod & Berkeley; 7+
