Three Little Words

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Biografska glazbena komedija o životu dvojice poznatih skladatelja, Berta Kalmara i Harryja Rubyja. Bert Kalmar (Fred Astaire) i Jessie Brown (Vera-Ellen) uspješan su pjevačko-plesni par. Njihovu idilu kvare Bertovi neuspješni pokušaji stvaranja paralelnih karijera mađioničara i dramatičara. Kada Bert ozljedi koljeno sve ukazuje na to da su došla crna vremena, no susreće smušenog i dobroćudnog skladatelja Harryja Rubyja (Red Skelton) iza kojeg se skriva veliki neotkriveni talent. Nakon prvih nesuglasica, Bert i Harry skladaju prvu pjesmu koja postiže neočekivan uspjeh"

MGMs Three Little Words is a "twin" musical biopic, covering the lives and careers of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Fred Astaire plays Kalmar, a frustrated magician, while Red Skelton is cast as Ruby, a wannabe baseball player. After "meeting cute" during a disastrous vaudeville show, the oil-and-water Bert and Harry become a popular songwriting team, dashing off such favorites as Whos Sorry Now?, Nevertheless, So Long Oo-Long, I Wanna be Loved by You, All Alone Monday and the title song (the film unfortunately skimps on Kalmar and Rubys Gilbert-and-Sullivan style novelty ditties, with the exception of Hooray for Captain Spaulding, Groucho Marx signature tune in Animal Crackers). Adhering more to MGM formula than the facts, the script contrives to have Kalmar and Ruby split up over a trivial misunderstanding, only to be reunited by their wives for an "all is forgiven" radio broadcast hosted by bandleader Phil Regan. Vera-Ellen co-stars as Kalmars vaudevillian wife Jessi