Shoot The Works

Oakie is a lovable louse who's mad about Dell. She finally realizes the guy's okay just before she is about to marry another. Set against a carnival backdrop, this skimpily plotted film also had a sub-plot involving Frawley as a Broadway columnist engaged in a comic feud with Bernie, a radio maestro. The action takes place at Hubert's Museum, a cheesy joint which later became a starting point for 1960s media sensation Tiny Tim. (Hubert's was also immortalized in a marvelous routine by comedian Lenny Bruce.) Unfortunately there's little to this piece other than the music. The songs--including "Do I Love You?" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin), "Were Your Ears Burning?", "W...