The Delicatessen Kid

Ben Rubin goes into father Otto Lederer's store, full of ambition to be a stage performer. He sings and dances. In come stars Eddie Dowling and Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, and Rubin performs in their styles for them.

Clearly, it's an attempt to establish Rubin as a star, but showing him performing for these performers is insane; it's Robinson's first screen appearance, and we're supposed to enjoy Rubin dancing on the stairs?

Lederer gets to do a bit of acting, doing a monologue from a melodrama that affected him greatly. But the whole movie is misconceived. While Rubin is a capable performer, this annoyed me.