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Joy Of Living

1938, Movie, NR, 90 mins

Joy Of Living: Review

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JOY OF LIVING was not a joy to watch. With several tunes by Jerome Kern, one might have expected something special, but the film is labored and lacking in humor. Dunne is the successful star of a radio show that pays her more than half a million a year. Her family are a bunch of pilot-fish who would suck her dry, her spending is enormous, and her income-tax problems would thwart a battalion of accountants. Fairbanks is a shipowner from Boston who saves her from a mob of adoring fans, but his actions are misconstrued and he is arrested as a masher. Now, see if you can swallow the next twist; Dunne is appointed as Fairbanks' parole officer and he must report to her twice weekly. That forced propinquity takes them around the watering holes, gets them drunk, has them roller skate, and, you guessed it, they fall in love. The picture was expensive to shoot and it shows. What doesn't show is all the money it lost. Even the comedic talents of Pangborn, Blore, Gilbert, Kibbee, and Lucille Ball, in a very short bit, fail to raise the level of the slapstick. The songs include: "You Couldn't Be Cuter," "A Heavenly Party," "What's Good About Goodnight?" and "Just Let Me Look At You." All in all, it's a good way to fall asleep on one of those nights when you're fighting with your pillow. leave a comment
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