Review of Crazy House

Crazy House (1943)
It'a AWFUL!
19 September 1999
I'm an O & J fan, but this film is just plain AWFUL! The concept of the film is interesting -- the boys want to make a film at Universal, are turned down, and make their OWN film. There are cameos by almost every artist on the film lot and a lot of interesting "behind-the-scenes" action. The problem is that FAR too many people are crowded into this film, and O & J "get lost in the shuffle"! And, they spend too much time with Cass Daley (I own over 700 films & never heard of her!). She strikes me as a young "Minnie Pearl". If you could cut out all the musical numbers & just keep O & J (& Shemp Howard -- he's GREAT in this film!), you'd have a good film.....as it is, it's a mish-mosh that doesn't go anywhere. No wonder Universal "didn't want to do it"!

Norm
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