Donna (Del Rio) is a diva of the stage and wants her lover Rico (Alvarado) as her leading man. To keep this from happening, the producers (Churchill, Cavanaugh) grab Roger Kerry (Marshall) off the street and say he has a contract.
Is this worth your time? If you love old-school, slightly frantic backstage dramas, you might find a bit of charm here. If you prefer movies that actually move somewhere, you’ll probably want to skip this one entirely. Dolores Del Río is the only reason this thing stays afloat. She plays Donna with this intense, sligh...
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Lloyd Ingraham
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"Is this worth your time? If you love old-school, slightly frantic backstage dramas, you might find a bit of charm here. If you prefer movies that actually move somewhere, you’ll probably want to skip this one entirely. Dolores Del Río is the only reason this thing stays afloat. She plays Donna with this intense, slightly terrifying diva energy that makes you wonder if she’s actually having fun or just holding the rest of the cast hostage. She’s brilliant, even when the script is clearly just pa..."
Robert Hardy Andrews, Jerry Wald, Julius J. Epstein
United States
1934 · IMDb 7
