Dialogue and songs are all in rhyme (including one identical song), in the manner of later Columbia film "Woman Haters." Jack Osterman is smitten with a woman on a park bench, and cannot stop saying the word "Umpa" for the rest of the film, which involves his treatment by a doctor and his singing and dancing temptress nurses.
Is it worth your time? Look, if you have a massive soft spot for weird, forgotten relics from the 1930s, maybe. But for most people? Absolutely not. You will probably find it grating within the first three minutes. It’s a bizarre experiment where everyone speaks in rhyme. Everything. Even the stuff that shouldn't rhyme...
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Archie Gottler
Hal Roach
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"Is it worth your time? Look, if you have a massive soft spot for weird, forgotten relics from the 1930s, maybe. But for most people? Absolutely not. You will probably find it grating within the first three minutes. It’s a bizarre experiment where everyone speaks in rhyme. Everything. Even the stuff that shouldn't rhyme. It’s like a nursery rhyme gone wrong at a sanitarium. The 'Umpa' Situation So, Jack Osterman sees a lady. He gets flustered. Then he starts saying 'Umpa' over and over again. Th..."
Zita Baca
Archie Gottler, Sidney D. Mitchell, Con Conrad
United States
1920 · IMDb —
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