Swing Cat's Jamboree (1938)
*** (out of 4)
Louis Prima, one of the all time greats, gets the lead in this Warner Vitaphone short. We see Louis and his band performing a number of songs including "You're An Education In Yourself", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and "Loch Lomand". All three songs have Prima performing at the top of his game and turning in fine numbers of these songs (which would go through changes themselves over the years). The highlight for me would be "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" as it features Shirley Lloyd doing her thing and really delivering a firehouse performance. All three music numbers don't feature the highest production values but that really doesn't hurt anything here as they visually have a minor charm to them.
*** (out of 4)
Louis Prima, one of the all time greats, gets the lead in this Warner Vitaphone short. We see Louis and his band performing a number of songs including "You're An Education In Yourself", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and "Loch Lomand". All three songs have Prima performing at the top of his game and turning in fine numbers of these songs (which would go through changes themselves over the years). The highlight for me would be "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" as it features Shirley Lloyd doing her thing and really delivering a firehouse performance. All three music numbers don't feature the highest production values but that really doesn't hurt anything here as they visually have a minor charm to them.