Review of Checkers

Checkers (1937)
5/10
It's either her or the horse.
24 March 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Blue Skies are smiling at Jane Withers, especially after she stops him from being sent to the glue factory. You see, Blue Skies is a horse, injured in a race and because he doesn't belong to uncle Stuart Erwin can be destroyed. But Withers wins over the real owner who hands the horse over to her. Only one problem. Erwin's fiancee, the cute as a button Una Merkel, doesn't like horses, so she demands that Erwin gets rid of the horse or she'll marry the undesirable Andrew Tombes instead.

There's several subplots in this, one regarding oil on Merkel's property and the other a silly triangle with young jockey Marvin Stephens seeing snooty June Carlson which upsets the amorous Withers. Obviously, she's nothing more than a pal to him but she's certainly a better choice than Carlson whose attitude is close to Withers' bratty character from "Bright Eyes", but not nearly as endearing. An amusing but slight B 20th Century Fox comedy with a bit of pathos, but pretty formulaic.
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