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1936 |
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DRAMA
MUSICAL
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US |
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BW |
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110 |
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Magnolia Hawks (Irene Dunne), a singer on a Mississippi River showboat, falls for unreliable gambler Gaylord Ravenal (Allan Jones).
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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British director James Whale, best known for quirky horror films such as The Bride of Frankenstein , turns in a glossily produced musical with plenty of pace, though he never solves the problem of a screenplay which leaps about in time too much (greatly diminishing the impact of the final half-hour) and leaves too many plot strands dangling. Even as it is, the cast is magnificent, the racial sub-plot is touching, and the numbers - especially Old Man River, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man of Mine, and Bill - are, of course, classics.
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, Allan Jones 