"The Love Department" is a short musical from Vitaphone. While it might have played well back in 1935, today it just seems very dated...particularly the singing and dancing. The best way to describe the singing by the lead, Bernice Claire, is that it sounds an awful lot like Snow White singing in the Disney film. It's high and unpleasant.
The story begins at a newspaper. The lady who writes the advice column for lovers is tired of writing about romance and wants to experience it. So, she and her friend go on a cruise on the Riviera...and the film essentially seems to say that romance is best found close to home.
Overall, while this is a well made film, the singing just is too much...too high pitched and not at all memorable...at least in a good way.
The story begins at a newspaper. The lady who writes the advice column for lovers is tired of writing about romance and wants to experience it. So, she and her friend go on a cruise on the Riviera...and the film essentially seems to say that romance is best found close to home.
Overall, while this is a well made film, the singing just is too much...too high pitched and not at all memorable...at least in a good way.