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      People Are Funny

      Released Jan 11, 1946 1h 33m Musical Comedy List
      Reviews 0% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Two rival radio producers race to get an audience-participation program off the ground and over the airwaves. Read More Read Less

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      Steve D People may be, but nothing here is. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/24 Full Review kevin w A small town radio show that featured local talent gets bought up by big city promoters and changed into one of those gimmicky faux talent shows where you get on (and possibly famous) if you allow them to make fun of you. In the meantime there"s a couple of musical numbers that try to pretend the gruesome spectacle is all in a good time. There is talent present, but this is a forgotten work with good reason. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This is one of those movies that seems so clueless and innocent that I feel a little guilty being so harsh on it, but because there are so many better radio-to-screen films from this decade, I will. This movie is based off of the radio program of the same title, an ingenious little piece of entertainment that, in a way, jump-started a trend that would wind through shows like Candid Camera, Kids Say the Darndest Things, America's Funniest Home Videos and a countless number of other variety and talk shows that centered on using its audience as its subjects, and turning dares and failed stunts into uproarious entertainment. But that spontaneity is lost on this big screen adaptation, and the idea gets shackled behind a bad script and some stiff acting. Even the great Rudy Vallee, one of the funniest actors of the 1940s, seems tied down in situations he would be springing from were this a Preston Sturges movie. The movie preaches a not-so-subtle message about real entertainment escaping the grasp of Hollywood's controlling arms, yet it becomes more and more hypocritical as it makes its own intentions (or lack of them) clearer and clearer. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Unfortunately, this movie, not so much. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Two rival radio producers race to get an audience-participation program off the ground and over the airwaves.
      Director
      Sam White
      Production Co
      Pine-Thomas Productions [us]
      Genre
      Musical, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 11, 1946, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jul 28, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 33m
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