BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

gridoon2018 "Palmy Days" opens with a teasing, sexy music number set at an ideal bakery where all the employees are young, beautiful, athletic and barely dressed women! It's as pre-code as it gets (the song is called "Bend down, sister" - and they sure do!), and Busby Berkeley's magical, psychedelic choreography is magnificent. This is followed by a hilarious comic segment with Eddie Cantor as a fake medium's assistant, messing up a seance. At this point, I was already prepared to declare "Palmy Days" better than "Whoopee!", Cantor's previous (and first) movie vehicle. But the rest of the movie does not stay on that level. This time, Cantor's comedy misses about as often as it hits, like in his terrible blackface routine or his "quacking" (which should have been a single-scene gag). Fortunately, there is another great, crazy Berkeley number near the end. Charlotte Greenwood is an energetic and physical partner for Cantor, and the largely unknown Barbara Weeks is about as beautiful as any other famous actress of her day. **1/2 out of 4.

mark.waltz I guess even butch, straight women need love, and for bakery supervisor, Charlotte Greenwood, this Amazon woman of the bread line is looking for a man she can mold like the dough she's kneading. Poor Eddie Cantor gets the work-out of his life, first with a medicine ball, and later with a mechanical bull, with Greenwood becoming more head over heels in love with him as she realizes the challenge that lies ahead. Literally, Cantor does end up with his heels over head as she gives him an exercise regime he will never forget. "Reach for a pickle instead of a pie!", she tells one of her pretty Goldwyn Girl employees as she heads into the film's first big musical number, "Bend Down Sister!". A few of Greenwood's famous high kicks mix well with the Busby Berkley overhead shots, and when Cantor breaks into his big number, "Yes Yes, My Baby Said Yes Yes!", it is Greenwood in the wedding veil in the finale shot of that number, not the boss's daughter as he had hoped.Delightfully silly and fast moving, "Palmy Days" was the follow-up vehicle after Cantor's first major Goldwyn film, "Whoopee!", casting him as the sap working for evil phony psychic Charles Middleton (the villain of the "Flash Gordon" serial) and making all sorts of hilarious mistakes as he tries to get out of this racket. A very young George Raft is one of Middleton's henchmen who work Cantor over in order to get the combination to the safe where the bread factory owner has put employee bonuses. When the money is found missing, Cantor is blamed, and a chase with the villains ensues, resulting in a hysterical finale. Cantor even gets into drag, posing as a waitress, and ends up in a pool where Greenwood tries to strip him of his clothes. Hey, Cantor's not the first drag queen I've seen wearing a shower curtain although he probably is the only one who didn't bother to take out the rings.The film opens with a hysterical gay reference that rivals Jolson's encounter with two men dancing in "Wonder Bar". Later on, insinuations about Cantor himself are tossed about, although his character is clearly heterosexual. Pretty daring, even in the pre-code Hollywood era, and not as offensive as some overly sensitive P.C. advocates would make it out to be. But it's the musical numbers which stand out (only 3, but what's there is top grade), and fans of the Steve Martin film "Pennies From Heaven" will enjoy hearing "Yes Yes, My Baby Said Yes Yes", which was utilized in the 1981 MGM musical. So go ahead, flirt with noodle soup, sniff but don't give in.... Greenwood and Cantor are a hysterical pair together, and "Palmy Days" ranks as one of Cantor's best.

calvinnme At a time when musicals had fallen completely out of favor with the movie-going public, Eddie Cantor and Busby Berkeley were still able to bring smiles to faces and audiences into theaters with this 1931 pseudo-musical by offering a bankable star (Cantor) in a foolproof formula. The title refers to a ring of bogus spiritualists for which Cantor's character has served unwittingly as a front man. During the film Eddie falls repeatedly into some dangerous or embarrassing situation and by virtue of his own hyperactivity emerges victorious in each case.The film includes only three major song sequences, but they are all very well done, and coupled with Cantor's delivery they are infectious. Busby Berkeley opens the film with a musical number involving a gymnasium full of scantily clad Goldwyn Girls - supposedly employees of a surrealistic bakery where all the action takes place - in the aptly titled "Bend Down, Sister". The cast includes long and lanky Charlotte Greenwood, a regrettably forgotten character actress. She plays the physical fitness instructor who believes - thanks to the bogus spiritualists - that Cantor's character is her future husband. The chemistry between Greenwood and Cantor is priceless as she relentlessly pursues Eddie. Then there is George Raft as a hood who is out to get Eddie. Finally, there is Mr. Clark, the president of the bakery, who has confused Eddie for an efficiency expert. when he asks Eddie "How many girls do you think work here?", Eddie's answer is a very professional "About half". The whole thing is 77 minutes of enjoyable musical and comedic nonsense that I never get tired of and that could only have been possible pre-code.Singin in the Rain it isn't, but like that film it is sure to put a smile on your face every time you watch it.

John (opsbooks) The other more knowledgeable reviewers have given comprehensive overviews of this movie so I'll stick to giving reasons for why I rate this as one of my favourite American musicals of all time.Charlotte Greenwood, she of the L O N G legs and faultless timing. This is one of three movies in which Miss Greenwood, for me anyway, made those movies worth watching time and time again, the others being "Springtime in the Rockies" and "The Gang's All Here". Her appearances are a joy to behold; she never puts a foot (or leg) wrong, and delivers lines as only she can. Wow, what a gal! The musical numbers. Yes, there are only three of 'em, but what great numbers. The best is "Bend Down, Sister", consisting of a magical song I've whistled my way through at least a couple of times every week for the past 40 years.Eddie Cantor. A unique talent, along the lines of Al Jolson. I remember Eddie in the early days of television; he could always deliver a song which would keep me transfixed, unlike most of the other singers appearing on television at the time. When I finally caught up with his early musicals in the 1960s, it was a revelation.Here's to you, Eddie, Charlotte and of course, The Master, Busby Berkeley!