Saturday, April 16, 2011

Tin Pan Alley (1940)


Twentieth Century-Fox
Directed by Walter Lang
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)

Entertaining musical-romance-comedy set mostly in the ruthless song publishing district of New York City known as Tin Pan Alley. Aspiring publishers Jack Oakie and John Payne will stop at nothing to make their millions by discovering the next big hit. In the process, Payne nearly ruins his blossoming romance with the lovely Alice Faye. When they do finally hit pay dirt it's fleeting. The business goes bust and Alice flees to London. The partners decide to join the Army, which leads to some patriotic moments and a sentimental reunion of the two lovers.

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