Don't ask me why, but I re-watched "Montana Moon" (1930) after a period of nearly twenty years. Besides being the definition of dated, it's not a very good film, and the acting in a few places is at the high school level. Johnny Mack Brown, playing a cowboy in Montana with his native Alabama accent - in 1930 - meets Joan Crawford - and she marries him. Now, she's a part of Montana 'cause her poppy owns the huge, huge ranch Brown works on; but...she's a New Yawker otherwise. Yeah, they fit together like a horse and an SR-71. Then there's Cliff 'Ukelele Ike' Edwards; oh, and Benny Rubin. Did I forget Dorothy Sebastian (Didn't she act in a couple of "Our This..." and "Our That..." films with Crawford?)? Oh, and Ricardo Cortez...when he wants to be a scuz he's a good one... And Mary Carlisle and Claudia Dell... And Lloyd Ingraham plays Crawford's pop... And Karl Dane - lord, he's tall compared to all the rest!
Unless you're in the mood for Crawford singing three times and having to listen to Mack Brown Johnny drawl his luvins like he's learning to talk - you may wish to skip this one. Best thing about it is Ukelele Ike, as usual. The guy's good in everything he ever made. Songs are corny as corn in August, but with him doing them they're watchable just the same. Musical comedy romance drama - in flapper Western style...yeah!
Unless you're in the mood for Crawford singing three times and having to listen to Mack Brown Johnny drawl his luvins like he's learning to talk - you may wish to skip this one. Best thing about it is Ukelele Ike, as usual. The guy's good in everything he ever made. Songs are corny as corn in August, but with him doing them they're watchable just the same. Musical comedy romance drama - in flapper Western style...yeah!