Ralph Reader tries to sell his song to any number of music publishers and show producers, but none of them will have it. So he helps a group of singing boy scouts put on a show, with the connivance of Gina Malo.
Reader had been putting on shows with young singers since 1932, like a modern-0day Gus Edwards, and they were very popular in Britain, so with ex-Roach director Alfred Goulding as the director, here he is. It's a standard musical story, the songs are all standards (including "Danny Boy" sung by a child tenor), and the dancing is first rate, if shot for the proscenium arch instead of the movie screen. This looks like a cheap movie that must have made producer Herbet Wilcox some money, which he probably spent on Anna Neagle.
Reader had been putting on shows with young singers since 1932, like a modern-0day Gus Edwards, and they were very popular in Britain, so with ex-Roach director Alfred Goulding as the director, here he is. It's a standard musical story, the songs are all standards (including "Danny Boy" sung by a child tenor), and the dancing is first rate, if shot for the proscenium arch instead of the movie screen. This looks like a cheap movie that must have made producer Herbet Wilcox some money, which he probably spent on Anna Neagle.