To me, the best parts of this movie are the scenes with Edward Everett Horton and S.Z. Sakall trying to deal with Eddie Cantor (playing himself). All three did a great job and made me chuckle out loud. Scenes with Cantor playing "Joe" were best when he insults "Eddie". People who have never heard a Cantor radio show may be in the dark with some of the jokes, but it shouldn't matter much.
The overall storyline is rather silly, but this is a wartime pep-movie, full of stars and no-doubt meant to put smiles on the faces of war weary audiences.
I forwarded through the scenes with the love interests and most of the songs (Alan Hale & Jack Carson's song about the north I had to watch!) but again, if you like musicals, you will watch all of the performances.
All in all, a movie with scenes for everyone, and worth it just to see Cantor be "himself"!
The overall storyline is rather silly, but this is a wartime pep-movie, full of stars and no-doubt meant to put smiles on the faces of war weary audiences.
I forwarded through the scenes with the love interests and most of the songs (Alan Hale & Jack Carson's song about the north I had to watch!) but again, if you like musicals, you will watch all of the performances.
All in all, a movie with scenes for everyone, and worth it just to see Cantor be "himself"!