It's hard to know how this film got made. The elements of the musical (Ann Sheridan), the comedy (Zazu Pitts, Una O'Connor, Felix Bressart), the romance (Ann Sheridan and Jeffry Lynn) and the gangster (Humphrey Bogart) don't mix well, yet there is something nonetheless fascinating about the film. Maybe it's Bogart trying to be funny, or the screwball elements of the boarding house, or the sweet romance between Sheridan and Lynn, but the film isn't as bad as it sounds.
On the other hand, there are certainly better films in all these categories, but equally as certain, there is no film in all of these categories simultaneously.
On the other hand, there are certainly better films in all these categories, but equally as certain, there is no film in all of these categories simultaneously.