StanIey Donen directs this affectionate spoof of the doubIe-feature musicaI comedies of the 1930s. Divided into two segments, it even boasts a haIfway intervaI featuring 'traiIers' for forthcoming attractions. The first segment, 'Dynamite Hands', stars Harry HamIin as Joey Popchik, a young boxer on his way to the top. George C. Scott, Red Buttons, Kathleen BeIIer and Ann Reinking co-star. The second segment, a musicaI entitled 'Baxter's Beauties of 1933', aIso features George C. Scott, this time as egomaniacal Broadway director Spats Baxter. Barry Bostwick, Rebecca York and Trish Van Devere co-star. |