There is lots of talent on the screen here, but none in the script and not much in the directing. Nor in the composing. The musical numbers are pretty forgettable.
Powell does a great number early on with jump ropes.
Skelton does several bits that needed a lot of cutting, like when he puts on a moustache. That goes on WAY too long.
Lena Horne and Hazel Scott, both very talented, are wasted on their numbers, which are all flash and no substance. See Scott several years later in Rhapsody in Blue if you want to see her at her best.
When you get to the end and they start inserting numbers from other Powell movies, you know that MGM had given up on this one.
Powell does a great number early on with jump ropes.
Skelton does several bits that needed a lot of cutting, like when he puts on a moustache. That goes on WAY too long.
Lena Horne and Hazel Scott, both very talented, are wasted on their numbers, which are all flash and no substance. See Scott several years later in Rhapsody in Blue if you want to see her at her best.
When you get to the end and they start inserting numbers from other Powell movies, you know that MGM had given up on this one.