Another entry in the venerable Broadway Melody series from 1937. As w/the other installments, this is the typical 'let's put on a big show' polemic where a big producer is about to do so & is using a wealthy couple as his backing. Meanwhile the wife of the power couple has a horse which just hurt its leg in a recent race & its up to her new hire, played by George Murphy, & his partner, played by Buddy Ebsen, to nurse the stallion back to health while a nosy woman, played by Eleanor Powell, hangs around the stables giving the duo advice on how best to do that nursing. After she stowaways on a train w/the minders, she reveals the horse was raised on her farm growing up so she feels an obvious kinship to the horse so the minders decide to keep her on but after a lengthy song & dance number in the train car (a highlight to be sure), the producer, played by Robert Taylor, catches a glimpse of Powell in action & sees her as the star (even though she's not a name) of his show. The horse plays a large part in getting the show on (him winning a race to raise funds for the production is a plot point) but when it does go on, it is wondrous w/Powell a standout in an extended hoof-fest which should be held as the top of the tops. Also starring some ingenue named Judy Garland (who belts out a couple of numbers) & Robert Benchley (Peter's dad) as one of Taylor's friends.
Review of Broadway Melody of 1938
