oh gawd . i want to time travel back to monogram studio and throttle someone in their 2 room front office for this sloppy musical . it be one watt above flat lining for 60 of it 61 minute and then actually show ( for the one thin minute and spread in milli second blip across the hour ) that there be real life talent be badly photograph . i just do not see the point of go to some trouble to actually make this film that could easily be energetic and actually funny and allow lethargy to be the main thing on view . the weird storyline show cranky vaudeville trouper grace hayes bulldoze her blowsy way into a college where her rat bag son be rich college clown . she gon na fix his playboy way and no matter what . her real life son ( weird look ) peter hay play her screen son . his real life wife play her secretary . talk about nepotism . i suspect this talent package be almost the raison detre for monogram financing this back lot musical produce by resident schlockmeister extraordinaire sam katzman . a with other monogram musical it just look more like a reason to film recent new furniture purchase and light fitting in order to show off to other studio that monogram picture be lavish in their b grade way . have a ghastly look at swing parade of 1946 for genuine evidence of this represent they just construct this gigantic nightclub set then find an excuse to film actor and musician run all over it . story . none . anyway zis boom bah be more bah than boom . where be gale storm and mantan mooreland when monogram really need them . probably stand at the boom gate of prc picture wonder if it look safe to enter there . junior jive hepster roland dupree spring to life to rappety tap his teen leg around two wobbly dance number and especially in the big show finale set in the new and expanded malt shoppe or club set . the usual crumpled curtain be loosely hang on the back wall and and the stage set of mi match drapery even have one dark main rag that be yank back and forth a each amateur sequence elbow past the previous one . the chorus girl and their very plain look partner in this finale just look like monogram office staff borrow ( from type and carpentry ) for the morning of film . they have absolutely no dance talent and be so ordinary on screen . all the girl look like they be all call joyce . there be even a costume calamity where they wear frilly hot pant . on one leg only . it be all so awful and crummy . and actually annoy when one more tweak up by all concern would result in zis be actually fun . the one strangely interesting thing be the dialog delivery between grace and her son or daughter in law represent it be so casually deliver that it actually work in spite of the script and logic . she have a very life like presence which be the only thing that allow the ridiculous story to be slightly compel . the dupree kid be the real star . he can actually do something . in spite of look like a tubby liberace tap dance teen . you read that right .