A 7 from me. Two points off for no spectacular Busby Berkeley scenes (budget poverty??). One more point off for black and white, with no color.
I watched it because I wanted to see Joan Leslie in another film besides Yankee Doodle Dandy, yes also black and white to my dismay. Here, Joan plays an uneducated idiot, who can't even come close to the English fauxs pas of that great SZ Cuddles Sakall. Once or twice, these two were saying their butchered English at the same time as each other, and I had to laugh out loud.
Gracie Allen stupidity? I was thinking more along the lines of Edith Bunker. Even so, both of these actresses were brilliant with excellent and perfect comedic timing.
Robert Alda was somewhat nicer here, than in another movie called April Showers, where his character is cruel to a little boy dance performer.
Elisha Cook was hilarious, and riding into the water on that white horse was priceless comedy.
The three attorneys were rip-roaringly borrrrring, but they somehow they even contributed their own brand of humor to this film.
7/10
I watched it because I wanted to see Joan Leslie in another film besides Yankee Doodle Dandy, yes also black and white to my dismay. Here, Joan plays an uneducated idiot, who can't even come close to the English fauxs pas of that great SZ Cuddles Sakall. Once or twice, these two were saying their butchered English at the same time as each other, and I had to laugh out loud.
Gracie Allen stupidity? I was thinking more along the lines of Edith Bunker. Even so, both of these actresses were brilliant with excellent and perfect comedic timing.
Robert Alda was somewhat nicer here, than in another movie called April Showers, where his character is cruel to a little boy dance performer.
Elisha Cook was hilarious, and riding into the water on that white horse was priceless comedy.
The three attorneys were rip-roaringly borrrrring, but they somehow they even contributed their own brand of humor to this film.
7/10