People claim that movie making has gone downhill, but they forget that hollywood was far more commercial in its early days. Along with a force of simple movies put out each year to keep the theaters full, viewers were provided with eye candy in the form of pointless shorts. This musical short, made only to showcase the singing talents of Judy Garland and the operatic voice of Deanna Durbin, has no actual plot, and consists only of about 20 minutes of the pair singing the same song, "Americana". Although we all have seen Garland's talents in the Wizard of Oz, the arrangement of this repetitive song makes her sound very normal, and it is difficult to comprehend opera singing coming from a child. All in all, I shouldn't have expected much, but they could have chosen a better song and arrangement if they simply wished to provide a pleasant musical experience.
Review of Every Sunday
