Musical-romance with Powell as a private in Hawaii involved with general's daughter Keeler. They break up to avoid scandal but reunite years later when he produces a play at West Point starring her.
Should you bother? If you have a soft spot for 1930s musicals where everyone is incredibly polite and the stakes are somehow both life-or-death and completely trivial, then sure, go for it. If you prefer movies that actually resemble real human interactions, you will probably be clawing at the walls by the halfway mark...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage
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"Should you bother? If you have a soft spot for 1930s musicals where everyone is incredibly polite and the stakes are somehow both life-or-death and completely trivial, then sure, go for it. If you prefer movies that actually resemble real human interactions, you will probably be clawing at the walls by the halfway mark. It’s a strange beast, this one. You’ve got Dick Powell doing his usual charm offensive, and Ruby Keeler looking like she’s trying to figure out where her next tap step is suppos..."
Louis F. Edelman, Delmer Daves
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Drama, Romance, Musical
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