Bing Crosby wins over Barry Fitzgerald and assorted NYC people while managing to get a few numbers in. Frank McHugh, James Brown, Gene Lockhart, Jean Heather, Porter Hall, Fortunio Bonanova and the gooey pasty Risë Stevens (who does sing a nice aria from Carmen).
Even though there are rather too many songs they do mainly propel the story forwards.
Has a slightly static feel, like the editing could have been tightened up.
This is the one McCarey won the Oscar for, and told the audience the Academy had given it to him for the wrong film! He wrote the original story too.
A winning, humane film.
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