You've got two Eddie Cantor's for the price of one, spoofing his image and being just the opposite of what history has shown him to be. As generous and kind in person as he is egotistical and temperamental here, Cantor is the scourge of radio, and when benefit producers Edward Everett Horton and S.Z. Sakall seek to get his client Dinah Shore for their show, they find that they can't put the show on without his constant interference. So how do you deal with constant issues from a man like that? Find something that distracts his ego as well as a lookalike to step in when a Cantor number is required.
Comic routines, specialties and big production numbers abound, this is a nostalgic look back thqt features a mixture of triumphs and egg laying debacles. Dennis Morgan plays a crooner hoodwinked into thinking that he's got a radio contract with Cantor, the same shyster agent having pulled the same scam woth songwriter Joan Leslie. It's not really a great story (and sort of disturbing), but the plethora of stars is at least a curiosity to keep your attention.
The opportunity to see non musical stars singing is hit or miss, and some of the sing setups are truly poor. But Bette Davis scores singing "They're Either Too Young or Too Old' (jitterbugging!), and Hattie McDaniel proves she really has what it takes with "Ice Cold Katie". Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn manage to save face in weaker numbers. S.Z. Sakall gets to rough up tough guy Humphrey Bogart in a very funny scene. The nadir of this is the"look at what we've accomplished!" finale that reeks of the narcissism that they were trying to make fun of with Cantor.
Comic routines, specialties and big production numbers abound, this is a nostalgic look back thqt features a mixture of triumphs and egg laying debacles. Dennis Morgan plays a crooner hoodwinked into thinking that he's got a radio contract with Cantor, the same shyster agent having pulled the same scam woth songwriter Joan Leslie. It's not really a great story (and sort of disturbing), but the plethora of stars is at least a curiosity to keep your attention.
The opportunity to see non musical stars singing is hit or miss, and some of the sing setups are truly poor. But Bette Davis scores singing "They're Either Too Young or Too Old' (jitterbugging!), and Hattie McDaniel proves she really has what it takes with "Ice Cold Katie". Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn manage to save face in weaker numbers. S.Z. Sakall gets to rough up tough guy Humphrey Bogart in a very funny scene. The nadir of this is the"look at what we've accomplished!" finale that reeks of the narcissism that they were trying to make fun of with Cantor.