In keeping with the wonderful packaging Turner Entertainment has undertaken in recent years, with "Bringing Up Baby", they include lots of nice extras other DVDs neglect. For example, along with the feature, with the MGM and Warner Brothers feature films, they package a short as well as a cartoon--and occasionally another short or two. In this case, the feature also included the short and cartoon--as well as two great documentaries. Wow.
This short is filmed in a rather archaic form of Technicolor--looking a bit odd and emphasizing pastels. It's not bad looking--just unusual. The film stars a brunette Penny Singleton (who was famous for playing Blondie in a ton of films). Penny is conspiring with a friend to convince a promising athlete to come to her college. The star athlete comes there but doesn't tell his big-shot daddy. There's a lot of singing and 'the big game' but it mostly looks like they took a B-movie and scrunched it into a tiny time slot--and a little something felt like it was missing. Not bad--but not all that good either and probably only of interest to members of the Penny Singleton fan club.
This short is filmed in a rather archaic form of Technicolor--looking a bit odd and emphasizing pastels. It's not bad looking--just unusual. The film stars a brunette Penny Singleton (who was famous for playing Blondie in a ton of films). Penny is conspiring with a friend to convince a promising athlete to come to her college. The star athlete comes there but doesn't tell his big-shot daddy. There's a lot of singing and 'the big game' but it mostly looks like they took a B-movie and scrunched it into a tiny time slot--and a little something felt like it was missing. Not bad--but not all that good either and probably only of interest to members of the Penny Singleton fan club.