I think this is a very odd film. And keep in mind, that I'm a moderate Crosby fan.
1. The music (not the songs, but the arrangements, are pretty much on the hokey side and sound as if it was a minimal band or orchestra to keep costs low...in a musical.
2. For the life of me, I can't see much of a relationship between the title and the film, other than that the song with that title is used in the film.
3. Kind of a lousy family in my view. Crosby plays a brother who is totally irresponsible in terms of gambling and trying to horn in on his brother's fiancé. The mother is a nag. And the little boy (Donald O'Connor) is a bit of a pest. I know it was a different time, but they let the boy become a jockey? 4. This was Donald O'Connor's fourth screen appearance, and although I liked him when he got into his 30's, but here, at age 13, I found him rather annoying.
Bing Crosby was good here, but his character wasn't very likable. He was in very good voice in this film.
Fred MacMurray was very good as the brother, although his singing talents were marginal. MacMurray plays the voice of reason in the film...at least most of the time.
Ellen Drew as MacMurray's love interest is okay.
Elizabeth Patterson as the mother is good, just -- again -- has an annoying character.
Of course, there are a couple of great Crosby songs here -- "Gone Fishing", "I've Got A Pocket Full Of Dreams", and "Don't Let That Moon Get Away".
Crosby had better films, but this one I'd characterize as "okay".
1. The music (not the songs, but the arrangements, are pretty much on the hokey side and sound as if it was a minimal band or orchestra to keep costs low...in a musical.
2. For the life of me, I can't see much of a relationship between the title and the film, other than that the song with that title is used in the film.
3. Kind of a lousy family in my view. Crosby plays a brother who is totally irresponsible in terms of gambling and trying to horn in on his brother's fiancé. The mother is a nag. And the little boy (Donald O'Connor) is a bit of a pest. I know it was a different time, but they let the boy become a jockey? 4. This was Donald O'Connor's fourth screen appearance, and although I liked him when he got into his 30's, but here, at age 13, I found him rather annoying.
Bing Crosby was good here, but his character wasn't very likable. He was in very good voice in this film.
Fred MacMurray was very good as the brother, although his singing talents were marginal. MacMurray plays the voice of reason in the film...at least most of the time.
Ellen Drew as MacMurray's love interest is okay.
Elizabeth Patterson as the mother is good, just -- again -- has an annoying character.
Of course, there are a couple of great Crosby songs here -- "Gone Fishing", "I've Got A Pocket Full Of Dreams", and "Don't Let That Moon Get Away".
Crosby had better films, but this one I'd characterize as "okay".