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27 March 1948 (USA)
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MUSICAL COMEDY OF THE VAUDEVILLE DAYS! (original ad - all caps)
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A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere...
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Harmless little musical to watch on a rainy day...
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(Credited cast) | Jack Carson | ... | Joe Tyme |
 | Ann Sothern | ... | June Tyme |
 | Robert Alda | ... | Billy Shay |
| S.Z. Sakall | ... | Mr. Curley |
| Robert Ellis | ... | Buster Tyme |
| Richard Rober | ... | Al Wilson |
| Joseph Crehan | ... | William Barnes |
| Billy Curtis | ... | Captain Rudolph del Nemo |
| John Gallaudet | ... | Mr. Gordon |
| Philip Van Zandt | ... | Harry Swift |
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94 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Little Trouper
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Jack Carson and Ann Sothern are such capable professionals that even when they are cast in something like APRIL SHOWERS they are worth watching. Carson rarely got leading roles, except in the "B" film or programmer such as this one and Ann Sotheran was just winding up all of her "Maisie" roles at MGM to do this unpretentious little musical at Warner Bros.
Together they're fun to watch as a married couple, a pair of show biz hoofers who give out with a song and dance patter when they're not having domestic troubles over the legitimacy of using an underage boy (their son) in their vaudeville act.
It's all done in a formula way with no big surprises, no characters that are more than conventional and without the kind of production numbers that studios like Fox and MGM gave their musicals. And yet, with a nice balance between some serious drama and mostly lightweight singing and dancing, it's the kind of musical that's easy to take.
The usual supporting players under contract at Warner Bros. are used to fill out the supporting roles, including Robert Alda and S.Z. Sakall.
Carson and Sothern are both capable enough to make us believe this sort of thing could easily have happened and both of them have a nice way with a song and dance. Little Robert Ellis is very adept as their talented youngster.
Summing up: A nice, unpretentious little film to watch on a rainy day.