mark.waltz Review of Studio Visit

Studio Visit (1946)

If it wasn't for Pete Smith, this would have the brain of a pea.

[4/10 · 25 February 2017]

Yes, the old shell game leads off what looks like just another ego boosting publicity stunt for the studio who proclaimed that it had "more stars than that there are in heaven", unknowingly breaking one of the ten commandments. Dave O'Brien plays both sleeping director and clumsy technician, while Pete Smith takes the viewer around MGM for alleged goings on, the only legitimate one seemingly an already three year old outtake of Lena Horne in "Cabin in the Sky". A specialty act involving a little girl and unknown acrobat, made only tolerable by Smith's acerbic narration. This isn't the only time when MGM takes its love for itself too far, but at least it isn't one of their supposed science lessons which results in 10 minutes of movie trailers and a flash of the alleged MGM heaven.