I can usually find one or two laughs among dated 30's and 40's humor, but I didn't even once giggle or smile or even guffaw at the antics going on in this deadly dull Universal Andrews Sisters musical. They are performers on a lonely hearts club radio show thanks to advertiser Billy Gilbert whose tired jolly but temperamental fat man becomes annoying with every moment he's on the screen. His destruction of the English language gimmick goes way overboard, showing that certain movie comics should be relegated to minor supporting roles than being front and center.
There's a boring romance taking up way too much time between Patric Knowles and Grace McDonald which is utilized to help expose the criminal elements going on behind the scenes of the lonely hearts club, and at just over an hour, that makes this film drag on longer than the train on a royal princess's wedding gown. Charles Butterworth provides his typical deadpan humor, but he doesn't get any laughs either.
Every now and then, there's the interruption of an Andrews Sisters song, but don't expect to hear any of their big hits. They have a lot of footage involving themselves in the plot, but the music department did not pick out any good songs for them to sing. In fact, the songs they are forced to perform are the most boring I've ever heard. When the Andrews Sisters become boring, you know there's a problem. I usually find one or two things to enjoy in these wartime B musicals, but this one sinks the bride and groom on the top of the wedding cake down to the bottom.
There's a boring romance taking up way too much time between Patric Knowles and Grace McDonald which is utilized to help expose the criminal elements going on behind the scenes of the lonely hearts club, and at just over an hour, that makes this film drag on longer than the train on a royal princess's wedding gown. Charles Butterworth provides his typical deadpan humor, but he doesn't get any laughs either.
Every now and then, there's the interruption of an Andrews Sisters song, but don't expect to hear any of their big hits. They have a lot of footage involving themselves in the plot, but the music department did not pick out any good songs for them to sing. In fact, the songs they are forced to perform are the most boring I've ever heard. When the Andrews Sisters become boring, you know there's a problem. I usually find one or two things to enjoy in these wartime B musicals, but this one sinks the bride and groom on the top of the wedding cake down to the bottom.