Of great historical interest for Busby Berkeley's first work in colour since 'Whoopee' in 1930, this time photographed by Technicolor veteran Edward Cronjager.
For much of it's time there's far too much talk, but Phil Baker has a quietly cynical persona and there's ample compensation in a scene with Freudian giant bananas that somehow got past the Hays Office, Carmen Miranda in a turban with pom poms that make her look like Minnie Mouse and a kaleidoscopic finale with chorus girls in green leotards and tights waving pink fluorescent hoops above their heads and a sea of singing faces that makes you wonder if someone spiked your popcorn with acid.
For much of it's time there's far too much talk, but Phil Baker has a quietly cynical persona and there's ample compensation in a scene with Freudian giant bananas that somehow got past the Hays Office, Carmen Miranda in a turban with pom poms that make her look like Minnie Mouse and a kaleidoscopic finale with chorus girls in green leotards and tights waving pink fluorescent hoops above their heads and a sea of singing faces that makes you wonder if someone spiked your popcorn with acid.