A vaudeville couple quit to raise a son, then come back with their grandson in the act..
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for the kind of dusty, black-and-white theatrical melodrama that doesn't exist anymore. If you need a tight, fast-paced plot, you are going to hate this—it wanders around like a lost prop man. But if you want to see Mickey Rooney and Jackie Cooper show up in...
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Willard Mack
B.A. Rolfe
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for the kind of dusty, black-and-white theatrical melodrama that doesn't exist anymore. If you need a tight, fast-paced plot, you are going to hate this—it wanders around like a lost prop man. But if you want to see Mickey Rooney and Jackie Cooper show up in the same orbit, it’s worth a look. The whole thing feels like a scrapbook that’s been left out in the rain. It follows this vaudeville couple, the Hackers, and their never-ending..."
William Collier Sr.
Willard Mack, Edgar Allan Woolf, Robert E. Hopkins
United States
1933 · IMDb 6.7
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