This silly comedy with songs is ridiculously plotted but endearing as a combination of "Three Smart Girls" with an Andrews Sisters musical. Widowed Katherine Alexander is engaged to Sidney Blackmer whose estranged wife pops up out of the blue to prevent her husband from remarrying simply because she has refused all along to give him a divorce.
The three daughters joined forces with surrogate Uncle Billy Gilbert and his family to get rid of Barnes, using his nephew Edward Norris to pretend to be a South American millionaire, creating confusion when the real deal (Gilbert Roland) shows up, agreeing to step in to aide these ladies in their time of need. This results in a series of absurd situations, some resulting in laughs but much of it cringeworthy.
The best moments here come from Billy Gilbert (minus his customary bad accent and sneezing) and Leo Gorcey, deliciously screwing up the English language with the type of malapropisms he would later perfect in the Bowery Boys series. As far as the Little Miss fix-its are concerned, they are fine when they are singing, but unmemorable otherwise. This is a mixed bag of comedy, romance and songs (music by Jule Styne) aided by decent character performances, but easily forgettable because of the headache inducing pace.
The three daughters joined forces with surrogate Uncle Billy Gilbert and his family to get rid of Barnes, using his nephew Edward Norris to pretend to be a South American millionaire, creating confusion when the real deal (Gilbert Roland) shows up, agreeing to step in to aide these ladies in their time of need. This results in a series of absurd situations, some resulting in laughs but much of it cringeworthy.
The best moments here come from Billy Gilbert (minus his customary bad accent and sneezing) and Leo Gorcey, deliciously screwing up the English language with the type of malapropisms he would later perfect in the Bowery Boys series. As far as the Little Miss fix-its are concerned, they are fine when they are singing, but unmemorable otherwise. This is a mixed bag of comedy, romance and songs (music by Jule Styne) aided by decent character performances, but easily forgettable because of the headache inducing pace.