Mickey Rooney is putting on a bad performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin, but first he has to deal with the competition; another boy is putting on a wild animal show -- house cats inflamed by the "tamer" having white mice in his trousers.
This one has not aged well and the jokes are about how awful the kids' shows are -- about the level of those awful Our Gang comedies in which Alfalfa would sing. Ha ha, they're awful. Yes. Just like this movie.
The only reason to see this one -- unless, like me, you'll look at any moving pictures, including dental x-rays if someone is waving them around -- is to see Mickey Rooney. He's eight years old, in his third year as a movie actor and second as a star. He mugs it up, just as he would throughout his career when in a comedy, and it works here, because this one is based on the Toonerville People comic strip, so the performance is appropriate. It doesn't make it easier to look at.
This one has not aged well and the jokes are about how awful the kids' shows are -- about the level of those awful Our Gang comedies in which Alfalfa would sing. Ha ha, they're awful. Yes. Just like this movie.
The only reason to see this one -- unless, like me, you'll look at any moving pictures, including dental x-rays if someone is waving them around -- is to see Mickey Rooney. He's eight years old, in his third year as a movie actor and second as a star. He mugs it up, just as he would throughout his career when in a comedy, and it works here, because this one is based on the Toonerville People comic strip, so the performance is appropriate. It doesn't make it easier to look at.
