For most of the runtime, it’s a light-on-it’s-feet screwball comedy with a couple of the most impressive Busby Berkeley numbers I’ve seen, particularly “Pettin’ in the Park”. And then it abruptly ends with an extravagant finale that criticizes the country for their manipulation of the men who fought in World War I. Led by patriotism and propaganda, only to be quickly betrayed and left behind in the Depression. From the battlefields to the soup line. It really elevates the whole movie and makes for a great Depression-era piece.
For most of the runtime, it’s a light-on-it’s-feet screwball comedy with a couple of the most impressive Busby Berkeley numbers I’ve seen, particularly “Pettin’ in the Park”. And then it abruptly ends with an extravagant finale that criticizes the country for their manipulation of the men who fought in World War I. Led by patriotism and propaganda, only to be quickly betrayed and left behind in the Depression. From the battlefields to the soup line. It really elevates the whole movie and makes for a great Depression-era piece.