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RICHARD S Yes, it's an old fashioned formulaic black and white musical (which should have been in technicolor), but it's a pretty good one. Great to see Ann Southern in a good musical role, and Jack Carson, as well. But the little guy who played their son (Robert Ellis) is outstanding. What ever happened to this talented young man? Good for a rainy Sunday afternoon. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/12/25 Full Review Audience Member Ann Sothern is an irreplaceable talent, and Jack Carson is always excellent. Young Bobby Ellis provides life to the fictional act and livens up the movie. The script needed a lot of polish it never got -- and would have been better if they hadn't followed Buster Keaton's storyline and simply went with a fictionalized account, leaving out the alcoholism that Carson so readily, and so inexplicably, runs to. Things go bad for a while, so the first thing you do is -- become an alcoholic, quit working, and give up your wife and kid? Not too realistic, then or now, but a typical Hollywood ploy. Carson wasn't an alcoholic and this doesn't play well or help the film in any way. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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