KID MILLIONS (Roy Del Ruth, 1934)

If contaminated by it, anyone capable of setting aside “political correctness” will love Kid Millions, one of the most exhilarating musical-comedies of the Great Depression. Eddie Cantor and Ethel Merman are both hilarious, and both sing marvelously, beautifully. Roy Del Ruth directed, with great joy and agility, from an endearing script by Nunnally Johnson, Arthur […]