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6.1/10   26 votes
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Director:
Roy Mack
Writers:
Cyrus Wood (written by) &
Eddie Forman (written by)
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Release Date:
3 February 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Comedy | Fantasy | Musical more
Plot:
On a desktop with many books, familiar characters in literature (such as Captain Kidd, Huckleberry Finn... more | add synopsis
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Decent If Old Fashioned more (5 total)

Cast

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Betty Hutton ... Cinderella
Hal Sherman ... Joe Miller
Miriam Grahame ... Herself, Vocalist
Beaus & Belles ... Book Characters
Gae Foster Girls ... Dancing Ensemble
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Broadway Brevities: One for the Book (USA) (series title)
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Runtime:
USA:21 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA
Company:
Vitaphone Corporation, The more

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Trivia:
Vitaphone production reels #B224-225. more
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Decent If Old Fashioned, 29 August 2009
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

One for the Book (1940)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Decent musical from Warner features Betty Hutton playing a singing Cinderella. The film takes place on a book shelf where several famous characters come out of the books for some nice music. Captain Kidd, Huck Finn, Ben-Hur, Rip Van Winkle and Robinson Crusoe are a few of the other characters who show up. Fans of Hutton will certainly want to check this short out as she clearly steals the film with her Jitterbug singing that really packs a nice punch and makes for a fun time. The story itself doesn't make a bit of sense and at times gets downright confusing but we can overlook this. Some will probably be offended by the politically incorrect humor, which includes actors in blackface talking black slang. Having seen enough of this humor, I know this is just a part of film history so I don't get offended by it even though it's incredibly out of touch with today's common sense. With that said, it really brings the film down because the humor is just lame and not funny at all.

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