STAR-SPANGLED RHYTHM is a typical wartime all-star musical-comedy melange, this time from Paramount Pictures. The slender plot involves the efforts by humble studio doorman Pop Webster (Victor Moore) to pass himself off as a big-shot Paramount executive for the benefit of his sailor son Jimmy (Eddie Bracken). The overall level .. Read more
| Starring | Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby |
|---|---|
| Director | George Marshall |
| Genres | Comedy, Music/Musical |
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STAR-SPANGLED RHYTHM is a typical wartime all-star musical-comedy melange, this time from Paramount Pictures. The slender plot involves the efforts by humble studio doorman Pop Webster (Victor Moore) to pass himself off as a big-shot Paramount executive for the benefit of his sailor son Jimmy (Eddie Bracken). The overall level of humour can be summed up by the scene in which Webster is advised that the best way to pretend to be a studio big-shot is to say 'It stinks!' to everything -- whereupon Cecil B. DeMille shows up to ask Webster's opinion about his current production. Betty Hutton, cast as studio switchboard operator and co-conspirator Polly Judson, is at her most rambunctiously appealing here. The huge line-up of guest performers includes Bing Crosby (and his 8-year-old son Gary!), Bob Hope, Veronica Lake, Dorothy Lamour, Dick Powell, Mary Martin, Alan Ladd, Fred MacMurray, William Bendix, Paulette Goddard, and Eddie / "Rochester / " Anderson, most (but not all) of them going through their characteristic paces. Highlights include a surrealistic rendition of That Old Black Magic with Johnnie Johnston and Vera Zorina; a frantic staging of the old George S. Kaufman sketch 'If Men Played Cards as Women Do' with MacMurray, Ray Milland, Franchot Tone, and Lynn Overman; and The Sweater, the Sarong and the Peekaboo Bang, first performed by Goddard, Lamour and Lake, then lampooned in drag by Arthur Treacher, Sterling Holloway and Walter Catlett! PS: The actor playing Rochester's chauffeur in the Smart as a Tack number is John Ford 'regular' Woody Strode.
| Starring | Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby |
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| Director | George Marshall |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 36 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy, Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1942 To Rent: DVD: 08 Mar 2010 |
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Poor film but featuring big Hollywood stars of the 40's
Usual wartime flag waving film with thin storyline but lots of familiar faces from Paramount pictures. Mishmash of musical numbers and sketches many of which ... read more »
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Star Spangled Rubbish
This was a great disappointment. Accepting that this is a typical Hollywood wartime propaganda (sorry - morale-boosting) production both the story line (obvious... read more »
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Poor film but featuring big Hollywood stars of the 40's
Usual wartime flag waving film with thin storyline but lots of familiar faces from Paramount pictures. Mishmash of musical numbers and sketches many of which ... read more »
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