Standard Technicolor short from Warner Bros. in the '30s using their up-and-coming DICK FORAN and JANE WYMAN to head the cast of a story about a preacher who has to look for patrons in a nearby dance hall where he's met with resistance until they discover he can sing.
JANE WYMAN is a dance hall girl with her six "sextettes" joining her for a song called "The Charming Soubrette on the Police Gazette," a lively dance number with garish costuming. Wyman's number is interrupted by a young pastor who wants to draw attention to the fact that he'd like to close the saloon on Sundays to get people to attend his church service.
All ends well when Foran gets involved in a street fight and proves his mettle with a Sunday punch. He also attracts the attention of the bar owner when he delivers a lusty baritone voice while singing "Beyond the Open Road." We also get a low comedy pratfall routine by a rather unknown vaudeville couple before we get to Foran's song that closes the story.
Entertaining short passes the time pleasantly enough.
JANE WYMAN is a dance hall girl with her six "sextettes" joining her for a song called "The Charming Soubrette on the Police Gazette," a lively dance number with garish costuming. Wyman's number is interrupted by a young pastor who wants to draw attention to the fact that he'd like to close the saloon on Sundays to get people to attend his church service.
All ends well when Foran gets involved in a street fight and proves his mettle with a Sunday punch. He also attracts the attention of the bar owner when he delivers a lusty baritone voice while singing "Beyond the Open Road." We also get a low comedy pratfall routine by a rather unknown vaudeville couple before we get to Foran's song that closes the story.
Entertaining short passes the time pleasantly enough.