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Go Into Your Dance

1935, Movie, NR, 92 mins

Go Into Your Dance: Review

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Backstage musical comedy with overtones of mobdom features Jolson and real-life wife Keeler in a contrived story that's the usual thin stuff, counterpointed by some terrific numbers by Harry Warren and Al Dubin in one of their earlier jobs for Warners. Jolson is a famous performer whose drinking has caused him to be banned from the musical stage. He needs to make a comeback and, with the aid of dancer Keeler, he opens a nightclub, teams up with her, and climbs back into the good graces of everyone who matters. In the course of events, he gets mixed up with mobster MacLane, there's a bit of gunplay, and Jolson winds up at the pinnacle of success. The comedy-drama style of the picture hurts it in that the first half is played for yuks (with Jolson nipping at the flask), and the second half is drowned in bathos. Comedy relief is by Patsy Kelly, and what little she has to do is done well. Farrell plays Jolson's adoring sister, and Helen Morgan is seen briefly as a nightery thrush in one of her last screen appearances. Even hoofers Warren and Dubin get a moment on screen in one of the rare times when the creators have a chance to be acknowledged by the public. Warner Brothers had specialized in crime pictures such as LITTLE CAESAR (1930) and backstage musicals such as 42ND STREET (1933) and, in this one, they attempted to combine the two genres. The dancing was only fair and could have used someone like Busby Berkeley to make it snap to attention. Still, it's a pleasant enough diversion and gives us the opportunity to see Jolson at the top of his talent, doing a blackface number. Songs include: "Mammy," "She's a Latin from Manhattan," "About a Quarter to Nine," "A Good Old Fashioned Cocktail with a Good Old Fashioned Girl," "Go into Your Dance," "Little Things You Used to Do," and "Casino De Paree" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin). leave a comment
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