Hayseed electrician Kenny Baker becomes a radio crooning sensation in New York, has women trouble.
This looks like it was intended for a Dick Powell vehicle as a singing Stu Erwin, which he turned down, and good for him. Alfred Green doesn't take any of it seriously, so hackneyed are the plot elements; as a result, it's a snickering movie from beginning to end. Alice Brady gets an over-the-top role as an opera diva, Warner Brothers' regulars show up: Frank McHugh as Baker's pal, a brunette Jane Wyman as the girl he loves, and so forth. The result is fun, but slight. Harry Warren and Al Dubin got an Oscar nomination for one of their songs.
This looks like it was intended for a Dick Powell vehicle as a singing Stu Erwin, which he turned down, and good for him. Alfred Green doesn't take any of it seriously, so hackneyed are the plot elements; as a result, it's a snickering movie from beginning to end. Alice Brady gets an over-the-top role as an opera diva, Warner Brothers' regulars show up: Frank McHugh as Baker's pal, a brunette Jane Wyman as the girl he loves, and so forth. The result is fun, but slight. Harry Warren and Al Dubin got an Oscar nomination for one of their songs.