An immigrant has become a mailman on Radio Row. One of his first duties is to deliver letters to Bunny Poe, Vera Van, Ramon & Rosalie and George Jessel, each of them is doing a specialty, except for Jessel, who's been interupted in his rehearsal by a fellow who wants him to appear on a benefit for starving "Moonlight-song writers".
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a massive soft spot for 1930s vaudeville style antics. If you want a cohesive narrative, you will absolutely hate this. But if you want to see a bunch of performers doing their thing while a mailman wanders around, it's a fun ten minutes. The whole thing feels like som...
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a massive soft spot for 1930s vaudeville style antics. If you want a cohesive narrative, you will absolutely hate this. But if you want to see a bunch of performers doing their thing while a mailman wanders around, it's a fun ten minutes. The whole thing feels like someone decided to film a series of auditions and just shoved a plot about Philadelphia in the middle to make it look like a real movie. George Jessel is trying his best, but the scri..."
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