Romance Road

For about half a dozen hears, Warner Brothers produced three-strip Technicolor short subjects, the primary purpose of which was to show off the color process. With that in mind, they offered some marvelous photography -- great production numbers and bright, bright colors. What could be more colorful than the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in their bright, red tunics? What could be stirring than Rudolf-Friml-style songs, with choreography by Bobby Connelly, now promoted to director?

Mounties were popular stage characters. If all we know of them these days is ROSE-MARIE and Dudley Do-Right, these 'Northerners' are a genre of movie whose time had passed. They look mildly ridiculous, even when the conventions are being taken seriously. However, the pictures are handsome, the players are good-looking and that's a bit of all right.