Ma’s Pride and Joy (1932)

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Country: N/A
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Short
Release: 1932-10-14
Director: Leslie Pearce
Writers: Nat Carr
Language: English
Stars: Donald Novis , Harry Gribbon , Dorothy Granger , Aggie Herring , Vince Barnett , Jesse De Vorska , Toby Wing , Billy Barty , Tom Dempsey , Harry Bowen
Runtime: 18 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Say It with a Song (United States of America) , Ma's Pride and Joy , Ma's Pride and Joy (United States of America)
Plot: This particular Mack Sennett short is in bad need of preservation. As it is a musical short designed to feature the singing talents of Donald Novis you won't get too much listening pleasure from it. The rather thin plot of this short has Novis accompanied by Oirish mother demanding and getting an audition from a pair of radio producers. Novis gets to sing Sylvia and Charmaine for his audition.Novis was a popular radio tenor in the 30s, did a few feature films and also was on Broadway. In Jumbo, Rodgers&Hart wrote The Most Beautiful Girl In The World which he introduced. Novis deserves better than a short with fading sound. You can catch this on YouTube at the moment.
IMDB:tt0777928