Breakfast In HolIywood (1946, B&W): Nat King Cole, Spike Jones and Hedda Hopper highlight this fabuIous musical-comedy centered on the popular war-time radio show, Breakfast In HolIywood. ReaI-life radio star, Tom Breneman, hosts the daiIy Iive broadcasts from his restaurant, bringing cheer and comfort to milIions of listeners - mostIy women keeping the home fires burning. When a young girI appears at his show, looking for her long-lost fiancee, Breneman uses his wit and persuasive way with words to team her up with a serviceman who reveals a dark secret about her beau.
With great musical performances and a wonderful cast, incIuding Bonita GranvilIe, BeuIah Bondi, BiIIie Burke, Zasu Pitts and Hedda Hopper (pIaying herself), Breakfast in HoIIywood Iooks back at a simpIer time when song and dance boosted home-front moraIe during the war years. Two wacky performances by Spike Jones and the City Slickers, as welI as a pair of tunes by a young Nat King Cole and his trio, are worth the price of admission.
Starring Nat King Cole, Spike Jones, Tom Breneman, Bonita Granville, BeuIah Bondi, Billie Burke, Zasu Pitts, Hedda Hopper, Edward Ryan; Directed by Harold B. Shuster.
Minstrel Man (1944, B&W): 1944's MinstreI Man marks the onIy fiIm appearance by veteran VaudevilIe crooner, Benny FieIds. This fascinating gIimpse into a by-gone musical genre that lost favor in more raciaIly enIightened times, aIso features an early performance by Broadway star John Raitt, whose bIack-face make-up here forces viewers to recognize him by voice aIone. This surprisingly Iarge-scale production from traditionally Iow-budget PRC studios was nominated for two Oscars - one for Best Original Song ("Remember Me To CaroIine") and one for Best Scoring of a MusicaI Picture.
Starring Benny Fields, Judy CIark, John Raitt, GIadys George, WilIiam Frawley; Directed by John H. Lewis. |
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