Thank Your Lucky Stars

Agreeable patriotic wartime entertainment. The highlight: Bette Davis--what she may have lacked in vocal prowess she more than made up for in personality. Hattie McDaniel does some impressive belting in the toe-tapper "Ice Cold Katie". Jack Carson shows off his vaudeville roots (and how!) with his song-and-dance number with Alan Hale (Sr.), "I'm Goin' North" (Jack, you were taken from us far too soon). And it's always good to S.Z. Sakall beaming at us from the orchestra pit.

This takes me back to the early days of the talkies when studios would make these big variety shows putting all their stars on display. Here Warner Bros force all their serious stars to joke around and sing a few songs, all in between a lot of Eddie Cantor nonsense. A very mixed bag, but I guess the real highlight was hearing Bette Davis sing. That's not something you hear every day!