Second Chorus

Rating:
Summary: Not as bad as they say.
Review: This fim is not one of Fred Astaire's best. If anything, it is maybe one of his worst, but still, not as bad as most people make it out to be all the time. It has a stupid story, VERY stupid story, which obviously hadnt had much thought gone into it. It has very little dancing, I think 3 dances in all (when watching a Fred Astaire movie, you want as much dancing as possible, right?). They are nothing special either. The acting in the movie could be a lot better too. It does have a number of amusing moments though, maybe thanks to Burgess Meredith. Full of double-crossing scenes, fighting over the same girl, of which happens to be Paulette Goddard. I think the highlight of the movie though, is that it includes Artie Shaw and his orchestra, which does help out a bit, when there is not enough dancing by Astaire. Even though far from the best, it is still an enjoyable movie.

The following part of this review only really concerns to DVD buyers.

The film has been released on a number of budget DVD releases, where you get an unrestored print of the film, looking horrible. I would like to review a Region 2 release of the movie from Laureate/Sanctuary DVD which is the best one to date out there.

I guess the best thing about this DVD though, is the very good looking print that has been used for the film. Also, the audio commentary which it includes, with Ava Astaire MacKenzie and Ken Barnes, is most enjoyable to listen to. If you are going for this film on DVD, then this one, from Laureate, is the one to get. Avoid those horrible budget DVDs, with horrible prints.

Recommended if you happen to enjoy this movie, even slightly. The commentary is worth getting the DVD for alone, I guess.

Rating:
Summary: Not Bad, but defineatly not his best
Review: This movie was an interesting one. I've always liked Fred Astaire in anything he did, but this one was not so good. Paulette Goddard co-stars as a business manager for Artie Shaw (Artie Shaw is in most of the movie)and Fred is trying to get to play his trumpet in with Artie's band or he just wants to play anywhere. Burgess Meredith, who I also like plays Fred's room mate, and he too is trying to play and be discovered by somebody important. Even though this movie has some great stars, and even though this movie has some very funny scenes the whole movie is pretty bad in general.

Rating:
Summary: One of the best!
Review: This was the second Fred Astaire movie I ever saw, and I thought that it was very good. The plot is extremly humorus. Fred Astaire is brilliant, as usual, and delivers several award winning numbers including "I'll Dig It" (with Paulette Goddard) and "Poor Mister Chisholm". A must see.