A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York..
Is it worth your time? Look, if you have a soft spot for 1930s musical dramas, you’ll probably find something to enjoy here. It’s very much a product of its time—saccharine, simple, and staged. If you have no patience for child actors hitting high notes or heavy-handed emotional beats, you should probably skip this one...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Kurt Neumann
Maurice Elvey
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"Is it worth your time? Look, if you have a soft spot for 1930s musical dramas, you’ll probably find something to enjoy here. It’s very much a product of its time—saccharine, simple, and staged. If you have no patience for child actors hitting high notes or heavy-handed emotional beats, you should probably skip this one entirely. The movie hinges on Bobby Breen’s voice. He’s got that specific operatic kid-style that was huge back then, and he sings a lot. Sometimes it works, but other times it f..."
Henry O'Neill
Mrs. C.V. Jamison, Clarence Marks, Earle Snell, Harry Chandlee, William Hurlbut
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