Dorothy Dare has had some success in opera, but it has gone to her head. She has alienated enough people so she is out of a job. Friends get her a job singing on the radio, but she looks down on popular music, despite everything that the station's popular crooner, Frank Luther, can do.
It's an attempt to see if Luther could become a movie star for Universal. He was mostly known for western songs, but here, as writer of most of the songs, and those given a big orchestral patina, he was in command of his own fate.... and he didn't appear in another movie until 1965.
This one has not aged well. Watching Franklin Pangborn sing without pants is good for a few seconds, but this goes on for a couple of minutes. Clarence Muse is credited with staging the number he appears in, "I Go Congo".
Mostly though, it's an inexpensive Universal programmer that has not aged well.
It's an attempt to see if Luther could become a movie star for Universal. He was mostly known for western songs, but here, as writer of most of the songs, and those given a big orchestral patina, he was in command of his own fate.... and he didn't appear in another movie until 1965.
This one has not aged well. Watching Franklin Pangborn sing without pants is good for a few seconds, but this goes on for a couple of minutes. Clarence Muse is credited with staging the number he appears in, "I Go Congo".
Mostly though, it's an inexpensive Universal programmer that has not aged well.