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Star Spangled Rhythm
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1hr 39min
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1942
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Synopsis: Star-Spangled Rhythm is a typical wartime all-star musical-comedy melange, this time from Paramount Pictures. The slender plot involves the efforts by humble studio doorman Pop Webster (Victor Moore) to pass himself off as a big-shot Paramount executive for the benefit of his sailor son Jimmy (Eddie Bracken). The overall level of humor can be summed up by the scene in which Webster is advised that the best way to pretend to be a studio big-shot is to say "It stinks!" to everything -- whereupon Cecil ... Full Synopsis
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As all-star revues go, Star Spangled Rhythm is one of the better ones. Forget the ridiculous storyline that has been grafted onto the proceedings. While Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, and Victor Moore do their best to make it lively, it's superfluous -- although it does give one the unique opportunity to see Preston Sturges in a cameo threatening to move to MGM! The only real reason for watching Rhythm ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Pop Webster
Polly Judson
Jimmy Webster
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