Although this is a talkie it has some silent film stars in it and it still has a very silent movie feel to it. The music, for one, and the overacting.
It would have worked much better if it had been a silent.
Never seen Jessie Matthews in anything before and she looks really cute, is built like Olive Oyl, and can clearly dance.
But that voice. Horrors! So plummy she makes Joyce Grenfell sound like something off EastEnders. It's absolutely unbearable and adds to the fact that, at least in this film, she just can't act. Overacting like in a silent film. It really is excruciating.
Owen Nares as the male lead reminds me of Basil Fawlty and everyone has those unbearable cut-glass accents.
The one bright spot was. Roland Culver as a drunk Jacques - an absolute delight.
One of the songs rips off 'Makin' Whoopee'.
It would have worked much better if it had been a silent.
Never seen Jessie Matthews in anything before and she looks really cute, is built like Olive Oyl, and can clearly dance.
But that voice. Horrors! So plummy she makes Joyce Grenfell sound like something off EastEnders. It's absolutely unbearable and adds to the fact that, at least in this film, she just can't act. Overacting like in a silent film. It really is excruciating.
Owen Nares as the male lead reminds me of Basil Fawlty and everyone has those unbearable cut-glass accents.
The one bright spot was. Roland Culver as a drunk Jacques - an absolute delight.
One of the songs rips off 'Makin' Whoopee'.