One of lucy's (wartime) films before she found her groove in "I love lucy". This one has some pretty big names... rags ragland, virginia obrien, dick powell. Bert lahr ( the cowardly lion) and june allyson. Even dick elliott (the mayor on andy griffith) bill swanson wins a date with big starlet julie hampton. But what he really wants is for her to help put on the show he has written. But when the producer changes it all around, swanson goes back to his day job. Will this show ever get made? Some pretty raw humor, for a show made in the 1940s. Although it's pretty tame, compared to modern standards. Some funny bits. And digs at mussolini and hitler, since the united states had been in the war for a couple years by now. Performances by groups that were popular at the time. It's a little un-even, but the overseas troops were probably glad to see entertainers and familiar faces on the big screen. Too many songs for me. Did bert lahr really need to sing so long? They should have let virginia o'brien do more songs! It's okay. Not much of a story, but great to see all the familiar faces together in one film. Directed by charles reisner.... he had worked with the marx brothers and buster keaton.
Review of Meet the People
