Thursday, May 26, 2011

Rhubarb (1951)


Paramount
Directed by Arthur Lubin
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Legend Films)

What could be more American than cats and baseball? How about a frivolous lawsuit? Gambling on sports? Catnapping? Rhubarb has it all. Ray Milland becomes the guardian of a cat after its millionaire owner dies. Rhubarb inherits a baseball team, who becomes the good luck mascot. Bookies catnap him and the team starts losing. It's up to Milland and his new bride Jan Sterling to save the day. Innocuous fluff with a completely predictable plot, but fun if you are in the mood. I named one of my own cats Rhubarb.

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