If you answer 'yes,' then this film may prove entertaining. It certainly has historical value and fans of the stars involved will get a small kick out of seeing their favorites, even if it's in something as uninspired as this film.
The sketches throughout are mildly entertaining at best and painfully awkward at worst. How can Jack Benny and Laurel and Hardy NOT be funny? Conrad Nagel looks downright uncomfortable as he warbles a love song to Anita Page. I love Marie Dressler, but why did MGM give her that awful song to sing? There are a few charming moments, like Buster Keaton's drag routine and Norma Shearer and John Gilbert doing the balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet" in modern slang, but those moments are sparse.
The whole thing is also un-cinematic, with a camera glued to the floor and everything shot like this is a stage show.
Just skip to the scenes where your favorite actors do their thing and then forget the rest. It's overlong and awkward.
The sketches throughout are mildly entertaining at best and painfully awkward at worst. How can Jack Benny and Laurel and Hardy NOT be funny? Conrad Nagel looks downright uncomfortable as he warbles a love song to Anita Page. I love Marie Dressler, but why did MGM give her that awful song to sing? There are a few charming moments, like Buster Keaton's drag routine and Norma Shearer and John Gilbert doing the balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet" in modern slang, but those moments are sparse.
The whole thing is also un-cinematic, with a camera glued to the floor and everything shot like this is a stage show.
Just skip to the scenes where your favorite actors do their thing and then forget the rest. It's overlong and awkward.