Saturday, April 17, 2021

Bright Eyes (1934)

 


Anyone who watches this picture these days, begins tearing up as soon as they see the rickety aircraft, bi-wing planes on a rudimentary airport they remember that her father died in a plane crash.   – but it’s not that – they quickly remember that Shirley’s parented only by a mom who’s working as a maid for the worst couple in the world, with the most spoiled brat child in the world.  This is the first ten minutes of the film.

We are sobbing already.

Then her mother dies, in a freak accident.

We continue sobbing the way through, while she’s singing, “The Good Ship Lollipop”.

It ends well.

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