Post by diane on Aug 7, 2009 16:24:24 GMT -6
This is a really super movie. I didn't know anything about it - except
that Mitzi Green was the star and I so enjoyed her in "Dude Ranch".
She was a child star of around 1930 but she wasn't the Shirley Temple
type. She played just regular type kids who were always up for a bit
of bratty behaviour. Her co-star in fun was Jackie Searl and he was a
scream. He played a pampered child star called Tiny Tim Tiffany,
but Daisy (Mitzi Green) and her mother (Edna May Oliver - it is worth
it to watch her as the proprietor of a gas station) knew him when he
was plain Mickey Malone. Bessie (who is just itching to be a stage
mother) takes Daisy to Hollywood where she is a roaring success.
Unfortunately Daisy yearns to be a regular kid and at one point in
the film, Daisy, Mickey and little King Max run away to excape from
duty and restrictions. They join a tough street gang (Mitzi has to fight,
they don't know she is a girl, but they all say she fights like a boy!!!)
I was not expecting much but I found the film so enjoyable - I think
they borrowed quite a bit from "Emil and the Detectives". I would
really recommend this.
All the stars are standouts - Edna May Oliver, Jackie Searl, Mitzi Green
and even Louise Fazenda as Mickey's mother.
that Mitzi Green was the star and I so enjoyed her in "Dude Ranch".
She was a child star of around 1930 but she wasn't the Shirley Temple
type. She played just regular type kids who were always up for a bit
of bratty behaviour. Her co-star in fun was Jackie Searl and he was a
scream. He played a pampered child star called Tiny Tim Tiffany,
but Daisy (Mitzi Green) and her mother (Edna May Oliver - it is worth
it to watch her as the proprietor of a gas station) knew him when he
was plain Mickey Malone. Bessie (who is just itching to be a stage
mother) takes Daisy to Hollywood where she is a roaring success.
Unfortunately Daisy yearns to be a regular kid and at one point in
the film, Daisy, Mickey and little King Max run away to excape from
duty and restrictions. They join a tough street gang (Mitzi has to fight,
they don't know she is a girl, but they all say she fights like a boy!!!)
I was not expecting much but I found the film so enjoyable - I think
they borrowed quite a bit from "Emil and the Detectives". I would
really recommend this.
All the stars are standouts - Edna May Oliver, Jackie Searl, Mitzi Green
and even Louise Fazenda as Mickey's mother.
