Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

christopher-underwood The colour rendition is wonderful (at least on my Blu-ray copy) and the film looks incredible throughout. There is barely a pause and we go from one musical number to another (well, sometimes back to the same number) with for example coloured fountains spurting up to close one scene and move to another. I had hoped for more of the extravagant and surreal Busby Berkeley routines but the two we get are amazing and, as they say, worth the ticket price. There are more modest dances that work well and Benny Goodman is always on hand to keep things moving well. I don't share the enthusiasm of some for the antics of high kicker Charlotte Greenwood and partner in crime, Edward Horton and I was very underwhelmed with the leading duo of Alice Faye and James Ellison. Ellison would later appear in I Walked With a Zombie which was probably more appropriate and maybe Faye had sung better in her early years. Still worth it for the technicolour extravaganzas and a glorious performance from Carmen Miranda.

bkoganbing A plot that's almost non-existent doesn't get in the way of some splashy knockout technicolor filmed musical number in The Gang's All Here. This marked Alice Faye's final musical film for 20th Century Fox. She would do one more movie that was without any songs for her in Fallen Angel and would leave Darryl F. Zanuck with Betty Grable and June Haver taking over for her and in the bullpen as Fox's reigning musical star.Leading man James Ellison is something of a dog here. While on leave even though he's engaged to Sheila Ryan, something that their rich fathers Eugene Palette and Edward Everett Horton have worked out, Ellison gives the big rush to chorus girl Alice Faye who falls hard for him and then abruptly leaves for the south Pacific where he becomes a war hero. How it all works out should be rather obvious.But all that is just a frame to hang a slew of musical numbers on. And of course Carmen Miranda is also here doing her famous Lady With The Tutti Fruitti Hat number along with the King Of Swing Benny Goodman and his orchestra. Harry Warren and Leo Robin wrote the original numbers for this film which include for Alice Faye a couple of her best loved songs, A Journey To A Star and No Love No Nothing.Busby Berkeley created the numbers and directed the whole film and with color his kaleidoscopic musical fantasies are quite an eyeful. The film should come with a warning label because if you are abusing any kind of substance that finale will lead your mind into some interesting places.Stay off whatever and then sit back and enjoy The Gang's All Here.

froberts73 My favorite musicals? The Busby Berkeley Warner Bros. flicks which had the advantage of better songs than this 20th Century item. That aside, I was happy to see the Berkeley direction and dance numbers which, as always are thrilling, exciting, and so very imaginative. Those numbers, alone, put this flick in the top bracket.One question I have concerns James Ellison with that all-American look. I thought he was delightful and enjoyable so how come he never became a good-sized star?Alice Faye, preggers during the shooting was, as always, lovely with her perpetual sweet smile. She and 'Philsie' seemed like an odd couple, but it was evidently a good marriage. They had a good show.Carmen Miranda, slaughterer of the English language, was unique and fun. Ever see the Confidential picture book of her? Gad, in any language.Charlotte Greenwood, like the other characters in the movie, portrayed themselves. I especially enjoy Eugene Palette and the voice he borrowed from Andy Devine (whose voice came from someone shoving a stick down his throat). Horton and the others were top-notch.All in all, you can be glad the gang was all there, even if the plot wasn't. Dig that hurry-up-let's-end-it-quick finale. Suddenly, it's we were just friends, etc.Minor, minor complaint. This is one of Fox's best and, while today's Fox is a pain in the rear end, yesterdays's Zanuck studio was a blessing.

JLRMovieReviews Director and choreographer Busby Berkeley is in his element and is at his best with a new star, Miss Carmen Miranda! Carmen Miranda? You don't know her! Well, after this you will. A petite lady with a larger-than-life persona who can dazzle you with her spirit and stage presence. Alice Faye gets top billing and this movie can be found on a Alice Faye DVD collection as well as Carmen's DVD set, but Miss Miranda stops the show cold with some of her best showcases put on screen: the banana song and the trutti-frutti hat. Another highlight is Faye's polka-dot number, which closes the movie, another eye-popping showcase courtesy of Busby.I can't help feeling they could have picked a more charismatic actor for the lead other than James Ellison, and there are few things I could nit-pick about, but this is a musical which does defy believability anyway. He and Alice's romance did seem a bit rushed and forced near the beginning. Costarring Eugene Palette, Charlotte Greenwood and Edward Everett Horton, this is one upbeat film that you shouldn't think about too much and just enjoy. Oh, yeah, what about the plot, who cares?