The costumes and some musical numbers keep this movie from being a total flop, but you have to give the makers a hand, they really tried for awful and only missed by a little bit. Alice Faye is at her bland worst. The songs are well sung with all the life of overdone spaghetti.
Lillian Russell was a fascinating woman with an incredible life. Her fame within her lifetime was enormous. She had an early childhood that gave her independence and made her an early suffragette. Her four husbands, the long time affair with Diamond Jim Brady, her later career when her voice failed, her activities during WWI all add up to a movie that should be made in the future. Maybe someday a movie will do her justice. This one isn't it.
Lillian Russell was a fascinating woman with an incredible life. Her fame within her lifetime was enormous. She had an early childhood that gave her independence and made her an early suffragette. Her four husbands, the long time affair with Diamond Jim Brady, her later career when her voice failed, her activities during WWI all add up to a movie that should be made in the future. Maybe someday a movie will do her justice. This one isn't it.