the 4 review that precede mine be fair . this film really be for buff only . i wouldn not have miss it and but it poorly do at all the important level . and jolson really be a ham here . at time he make fluff in his line and a if he just barely have them memorize . i be surprise at how shoddy the film be and in writing and in set design . the courtroom scene have a stark set which look like the kind of empty set that monogram use in the 40 . the song be subpar for jolson and with lame lyric that have you guess ahead to each rhyme line end . two really cheesy scene give me the most entertainment . first and in the prison and the ( unseen ) orchestra start play and jolson sings verse after verse of why can not you . to his fellow con . the burden of the lyric be and if cage bird can sing and why can not you . picture this in a modern prison he would be lucky not to get shank before the bridge . second and and even more deranged and he be tell by the first attending doctor that his son and who have just be hit by a truck and have spine damage . in the next scene and jolie carry his son to another doctor for treatment . they have some tough spine in 29. the big message of say it with song be in the box office warner learn that all talker do not guarantee profit .