"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years.
Is it worth your time? If you like old-school, slightly messy melodramas where people shout their feelings and babies are passed around like props, sure. Go for it. If you need tight pacing or a story that doesn't feel like it’s being held together by duct tape, stay far away. There is this one moment early on where t...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Walter Lang
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school, slightly messy melodramas where people shout their feelings and babies are passed around like props, sure. Go for it. If you need tight pacing or a story that doesn't feel like it’s being held together by duct tape, stay far away. There is this one moment early on where the lead character is dealing with the aftermath of his wife's death, and it hits you with a level of grit you don't really expect from a 1935 movie. Lee Tracy is surprisingly good ..."
Robert Riskin
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