MGM
Directed by Richard Whorf
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
Biopic of composer Jerome Kern is interspersed with gargantuan production numbers of his most famous songs. Robert Walker is endearing in the title role, a memory-filled stroll down Broadway laced with Americana. The production numbers, however, are bombastic: sheer Technicolor overkill overloaded with cameos. Shave those out of the film and you would have a more coherent 90 minutes, versus the over 2-hour endurance test as it stands.
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