The scene stealing Baby Sandy is probably the cutest toddler ever to appear on stage and screen ever since baby Frances Gumm in the rarely-seen Warner Brothers shorts that show the future Judy Garland. "I'm a bad girl", she says in a way that Lou Costello would envy when caught in a lie. But she's a complete charmer, always happy and never at all cloying. Leon Errol is equally enjoyable to watch as the blithering foolish radio sponsor who loves playing instruments of varying types, somehow ending up with Baby Sandy sending aunt Anne Gwynne and her boyfriend Robert Paige into a frenzy looking for her.
The plot is complete nonsense, but that is inconsequential in a Universal musical. What matters is are the stars, songs and comedy, of which this has plenty, and featuring Universal specialty regulars the Merry Macs. The songs aren't ones you'll remember, although the presence of "Listen to the Mockingbird" does get your head noddin' and your feet a-tappin. I've seen dozens of these hour-long films of varying quality, and while none of them outside of the Andrews Sisters B features are extremely noteworthy. But it's basically a good fast food meal, meaning once you're done, it's forgotten.
The plot is complete nonsense, but that is inconsequential in a Universal musical. What matters is are the stars, songs and comedy, of which this has plenty, and featuring Universal specialty regulars the Merry Macs. The songs aren't ones you'll remember, although the presence of "Listen to the Mockingbird" does get your head noddin' and your feet a-tappin. I've seen dozens of these hour-long films of varying quality, and while none of them outside of the Andrews Sisters B features are extremely noteworthy. But it's basically a good fast food meal, meaning once you're done, it's forgotten.