Tuesday, July 15, 2014

If I Had My Way (1940)


Universal Pictures
Directed by David Butler
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)

Bing takes a girl who recently lost her father to live with a rich uncle in the big city. Instead, the uncle disowns her and she ends up living with a down and out ex-vaudevillian. Bing's sidekick loses all of their money to a Swedish restaurant owner. However, the gang uses their ingenuity to fix it up and make it a success with the help of some vaudeville friends. The songs and acts are the best part, even little Gloria Jean is more tolerable than most child actors, but the "comic" relief and predictable plot work against it.

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