At the time, "Variety" described the film as a "... triumph for Eddie Cantor". "The New York Times"' Bosley Crowther observed that "... the gag that the true Mr. Cantor would, if he could, gum up the show is so realistically repeated that fiction becomes painful fact. ... you have a conventional all-star show which has the suspicious flavor of an 'amateur night' at the studio. But at least it is lively and genial... For the sake of variety, the Warners might have worked in a little more dance and a little more femininity. Too many people sing. And too few beautiful girls display their talents. It is also too much (two hours) of a show. But, in straight omnibus entertainment that's what you have to expect."