The specialty numbers of this hokey B Columbia did put a smile on my face and the shell of a storyline was enough to make me enjoy it. Eddy Arnold, playing himself, doesn't get much plot involvement but sings enough to deserve top billing. Between him, Carolina Cotton and the Pied Pipers, they take up enough time with the half dozen or so musical sequences to set amused audience's toes tapping.
The story involves a failed western movie star (Jock Mahoney) on a press junket with reporter Jeff Donnell, getting into trouble behind the scenes of a small country town talent show (led by Arnold and Cotton), ridiculously accused of stealing the intake. Arnold joins in to prove him innocent. Gene Autry's singing voice is heard coming out of Mahoney's mouth in film within a film scenes, and his own voice is like something out of a cartoon. Amusing time filler. Fans of the 80's era of "General Hospital" will be amused to see Quartermain housekeeper Stella (Donnell) in a major part.
The story involves a failed western movie star (Jock Mahoney) on a press junket with reporter Jeff Donnell, getting into trouble behind the scenes of a small country town talent show (led by Arnold and Cotton), ridiculously accused of stealing the intake. Arnold joins in to prove him innocent. Gene Autry's singing voice is heard coming out of Mahoney's mouth in film within a film scenes, and his own voice is like something out of a cartoon. Amusing time filler. Fans of the 80's era of "General Hospital" will be amused to see Quartermain housekeeper Stella (Donnell) in a major part.