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Pretty Good

Just what I expected

How sad is this?

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

"All Girl Revue" is a black-and-white short film from 1940, the days of World War II, so this one is already over 75 years old. The writers are not too known, but the director is Lloyd French and he made an impact through his works with Laurel and Hardy earlier in his career. Still his effort here is also not entirely forgotten. It is a brief musical that has woman claim the power for one day and we hear them singing about making the city pretty from start to finish. The most known cast member is probably June Allyson who appeared in here a while before her Golden Globe win. Actually, this was a very forgettable film. The story was extremely absurd and not in a good way, the performances were absolutely nothing special either. But I think this is still a somewhat good watch from the perspective that it determines nicely how clever a feminist is. Those call this a feminist or girl power movie or anything got it all wrong. It's rather the opposite as it shows how women focus on the arts and do nothing crucial when really being in charge and being given all the power. You could make a point for this being a sexist movie, but maybe there you would be stretching things a bit too far too. The one thing that is for sure that this is not a quality movie, simple entertainment without any kind of depth for women at home during war while their men are in the military with this weird parallel to actual life in the first half of the 1940s. This one deserves to be skipped. Don't watch.

THE GIRLS HAVE taken over the town and this is a musical. With those two premises' being established, the one reeler short landed on its feet, hit the ground running and stayed its course to the end. (So Schultz, how's that for using multiple clichés?) WHEN WE FIRST viewed this on Turner Classic Movies a few days ago, we must confess that we were ignorant of the fact that the perky and beautiful young woman who was cast as "the Mayor" was perky and beautiful June Allison. Hers is the only name that we recognize in the credits and her performance bode well in showcasing what would be her definite "Star Quality." PERHAPS SOMEONE GOT the idea to do this by crossing the standard "Boys Day at City Hall" plot with the females only policy as displayed in the film version of the Clare Booth Luce play, THE WOMEN (MGM, 1939). (Just a hunch, Schultz.)OTHER THAN THAT, there is not really a lot to recommend this and it seems to race along at a very merry rate, but not fast enough for Schultz and myself. Perhaps a little 1940's style 'cheesecake' and good old fashioned titillation would have livened things up a bit.

Short about what happens when girls (women) are allowed to rule an unnamed town for a day. June Allyson is the mayor and sets out to make the city more pretty (!!). It seems a famous (unnamed) opera singer (Beverly Kirk) is visiting the town that day and they want to make it perfect for her.The short itself is harmless fun. 95% of the dialogue is sung and all the songs are tuneful it instantly forgettable. It also has a truly jaw-dropping tap dancing number in a train station. This also has some forgotten female dancing and singing acts. So it's fun as a harmless little short and also as a reminder of some really great female singers and dancers.

In this gem of a short subject June Allyson, not yet the star that should would eventually become, plays a temporary mayor for a city in order to make it more attractive. With the help of several other well meaning dames, she urges other city employed women to do their jobs to the best of their abilities.A musical short, the first two songs in this one are amazingly catchy. Particularly a song about an overworked information girl. We are then presented with a near-opera number and finale that's very cheerful and features quite the funny little joke.' You can catch this one on the Warner Brothers "Roaring Twenties" DVD. Recommended.