Dames

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Henry D @Henry_Domke 5 days ago Very good print and enjoyable music, but there wasn’t enough of it. The movie took far too long to get going, saving Busby Berkeley’s dance numbers, the main reason I wanted to see it, for the final third. Lorna thought the story was stupid and summed it up as "Cheesy, leering and boring." See more David K @RT61474040 Apr 10, 2023 Good follow-up to The Golddiggers of 1933. And, it's Busby Berkeley who's almost always worth a watch. See more william d @acsdoug Sep 11, 2020 Like most movie musicals of the 30s, you sit through the lame story until you get to the big production numbers at the end. In this case, it's well worth the wait. One quibble: why did they let Joan Blondell do her own singing? See more Thomas M @TMProofreader Jan 31, 2019 The best musical movie ever made! See more Sep 19, 2018 Hugh Herbert is an eccentric millionaire who decides to bequeath his enormous fortune to distant cousin Guy Kibbee because he's a fine, upstanding moral citizen ... unlike his other cousin Dick Powell who's a producer of musicals. Herbert stays with Kibbee and wife Zasu Pitts, while their daughter Ruby Keeler hides the fact that she's actually dating Powell. Burlesque actress Joan Blondell blackmails Kibbee into bankrolling Powell's new musical, leading to the whole troop of characters descending on a theater for the debut of Powell's new musical. This pretty decent screwball comedy sets the stage for three increasingly mind-blowing Busby Berkeley musical numbers. The first is a somewhat sedate affair involving Blondell singing to dancing underwear, but the next number is the incredible "I Only Have Eyes for You" where Powell sings to dozens of women all with Ruby Keeler's face while it becomes increasingly abstract, descending into a kaleidoscopic display of female flesh with Ruby Keeler's face. This all ends with the salacious number "Dames" where Powell celebrates the need for putting half-naked girls on the screen while dancing girls lie in bed, brush their teeth and dance. I really enjoyed this. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 Dec 29, 2017 Dames is a decent film. It is about a multimillionaire who decides to boycott the "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows. Dick Powell and Joan Blondell give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Ray Enright did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the humor and romance. See more Read all reviews

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