Michael's Movie Grade:A+
Review: One of the best Our Gang films.
This short is extremely entertaining. Many of the musical numbers are very catchy and well performed, the humor is quite funny, and as we all know the Our Gang kids were fantastic actors.
Adding to just the Our Gang kids was Henry Brandon, playing a very similar role he did in the Laurel and Hardy film Babes in Toyland. He plays this role very over the top which is just perfect and very funny here. The silly overdramatic way he takes over Alflfa's life is absolutely hilarious. Speaking of Alflfa his singing scenes are always very funny, and this features those scenes at their best. On the more serious singing side Darla had a really good voice and her performance of The Love Bug'll Get You is fantastic (she is also very funny talking about how much money the performers make). As a Cab Calloway and an Our Gang fan, I love seeing Buckwheat as Cab Buckwheat.
Our Gang made many musical shorts around this time, and I think this is the best one. This is because it is never too sappy or trying to be too sentimental, but rather it is just pure fun at it's best.
One woman in the same theater as I was watching this film said that it felt like an adult production and this is completely true. The Our Gang kids were great professionals and easily as talented as many of the adult stars that appeared in movies.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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