This is an easy-to-watch time-passer of a film that portrays the story of two real-life songwriters as played by Fred Astaire (Kalmar) and Red Skelton (Ruby). There are many familiar songs and they are all good (maybe apart from one slow one near the end), which is unusual for a musical. The songs are good, the dancing is good and the costumes and colour bring the film a vibrancy.
However, we do get Skelton's silly solo sections of baseball and slapstick nonsense. That could have all been cut out as the film does go on a little too long with this schtick included.
Fred Astaire wears a lovely pair of pale green socks for one of the dance segments and I must look out for that colour in a gentle grip design so that they don't leave lines around your ankle when you take them off. I hate that about socks.
However, we do get Skelton's silly solo sections of baseball and slapstick nonsense. That could have all been cut out as the film does go on a little too long with this schtick included.
Fred Astaire wears a lovely pair of pale green socks for one of the dance segments and I must look out for that colour in a gentle grip design so that they don't leave lines around your ankle when you take them off. I hate that about socks.