On a leave of absence from Broadway, Harry Wallace (Harry Richman), the star of a musical comedy, encounters a troupe of untalented showboat players and takes them to New York City. Without letting them in on the joke, he then features them in a new revue, hoping that an unintentionally-funny act will bring down the house.
So, is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a very specific appetite for 1930s musical slogs where the lead character is a massive jerk. If you like backstage dramas where the stakes feel like they were written on a napkin during lunch, you might get a kick out of it. Everyone else? You’ll probably want to tu...
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"So, is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a very specific appetite for 1930s musical slogs where the lead character is a massive jerk. If you like backstage dramas where the stakes feel like they were written on a napkin during lunch, you might get a kick out of it. Everyone else? You’ll probably want to turn it off about twenty minutes in when the singing starts. The whole premise is just mean. Harry Richman plays this Broadway guy who finds a troupe of truly awful performers and d..."
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