Judy Garland |
Judy Bellaire (Judy Garland of Presenting Lily Mars) belongs to a theatrical family, but she keeps getting thrown out of one school after another because she prefers swing music to classical and is therefore considered a "corrupting" influence. The rest of the household consists of her playwright father Hilary (Reginald Owen); her actress mother Diana (Billie Burke); the housekeeper Olga (Fanny Brice), who used to work in vaudeville; and the handsome cook, Ricky (Allan Jones of Reckless), who is moonlighting as a singer at a posh cafe. Judy also has a sister named Sylvia (Lynne Carver), who is struck on Ricky and vice versa. Judy wants to help get needed money for the cash-poor family by singing at the same cafe, but has to resort to subterfuge when her parents deny her permission to do so. Meanwhile Hilary tries to mount his own show but objects to his wife's acting partner, Jerrold Hope (Reginald Gardiner).
Bus song: Garland, Carver, Jones and Gardiner |
Verdict: Not just for Garland fans, but they will especially enjoy this. ***.
2 comments:
Great movie, and other than her brief sketch Ziegfeld Follies of 1945, the only performance I have ever seen of Fanny Brice.
-C
I think that may be it as far as her film performances go. Glad that this great entertainer was captured on celluloid at all.
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