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High, Wide and Handsome

Yes, it’s another Hazel Flagg recommendation.

Could that be the hero!?

Oh yeah, Randolph Scott? He kinda looks like Number One if you squint a bit.

Well, this is amiable and stuff, but… it doesn’t seem to rise above the usual studio fodder of the 30s? I mean, that fodder is good eatin’, but…

Seems like the people at imdb agree.

These tunes (by Hammerstein without Rodgers) aren’t particularly catchy — they’re operettaish?

That’s true — it looks really good. And Irene Dunne is great. The rest… eh…

PIPES! PIPES!

There’s fun scenes, but it doesn’t really hold the attention.

High, Wide and Handsome. Rouben Mamoulian. 1937. ⚂

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