A little girl's (Shirley Temple) toe-tapping musical numbers uplift the nation during the Depression in this charming classic that includes Temple's rendition of "Baby Take a Bow..
Is this thing worth your time? If you have a high tolerance for 1930s musical variety acts and want to see how Hollywood tried to distract people from absolute economic ruin, maybe. It’s not a narrative masterpiece. It’s more like a collection of sketches glued together by the idea that song and dance can literally sol...
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Hamilton MacFadden
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"Is this thing worth your time? If you have a high tolerance for 1930s musical variety acts and want to see how Hollywood tried to distract people from absolute economic ruin, maybe. It’s not a narrative masterpiece. It’s more like a collection of sketches glued together by the idea that song and dance can literally solve hunger and poverty. If you hate old musicals or find child stars of the era a bit unsettling, stay far away. The whole movie feels like it was written on a napkin during a lunc..."
Ralph Spence, Rian James, Edward T. Lowe Jr., Hamilton MacFadden, Lew Brown, Philip Klein, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Will Rogers
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