An ambitious girl who wants to be a cabaret star poses as "Zaza", a French chanteuse, to get a job in a prestigious nightclub. Unfortunately, she finds herself in the middle of a dispute between Mike Kelly, the club's Chicago-born owner, and a group of American gangsters bent on taking over the club.
Should you watch it? If you like old-school musical comedies where the plot is mostly an excuse to get to the next song, then sure, dive in. If you get annoyed by people acting in fake accents for 80 minutes, stay far away. It is not exactly high art, but it has a weird, frantic energy that I kinda dug. Cicely Courtne...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Tim Whelan
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"Should you watch it? If you like old-school musical comedies where the plot is mostly an excuse to get to the next song, then sure, dive in. If you get annoyed by people acting in fake accents for 80 minutes, stay far away. It is not exactly high art, but it has a weird, frantic energy that I kinda dug. Cicely Courtneidge is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. She is playing the lead who pretends to be this French starlet, and honestly, the sheer commitment to the bit is impressive. Or maybe jus..."
Austin Melford, Guy Bolton, A.R. Rawlinson, Tim Whelan
United Kingdom
1933 · IMDb 4.8
