Dick Purcell is an American taxi driver who wants to become a singer promoting cheese products. Oddly he thinks the way to do it is to become a gondolier from Venice.
If you have seventy-five minutes to spare and want to see how weirdly obsessed the 1930s were with radio advertising, this is absolutely worth a watch today. Anyone who likes snappy, fast-talking comedies with great outfits will have a good time. But if you hate operatic crooning or plots that make absolutely zero sens...
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"If you have seventy-five minutes to spare and want to see how weirdly obsessed the 1930s were with radio advertising, this is absolutely worth a watch today. Anyone who likes snappy, fast-talking comedies with great outfits will have a good time. But if you hate operatic crooning or plots that make absolutely zero sense, you will probably hate this. 🧀 The whole setup is just incredibly silly. Dick Powell plays a New York taxi driver who wants to sing on the radio to promote... cheese. Specifica..."
Warren Duff, Julius J. Epstein, Sig Herzig, Hanns Kräly, Jerry Wald, Francesco Maria Piave, E.Y. Harburg
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