Name: He Found a Star
Genre: Musical
Released: 1941-09-20
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Vic Oliver, Sarah Churchill, Evelyn Dall

The daughter of the new Prime Minister and her husband -- Sarah Churchill and Vic Oliver -- star in this musical. He's opening a talent agency for people who never got a break, and it takes him half an hour to find a down-and-out fellow whose song version of "Invictus" went out of favor twenty years earlier, and transform him into a novelty number, followed by real talent: basso Uriel Porter. By the forty minute mark in this movie, he's found success and lost his soul -- which means moving into sleek new offices and the Original Blonde Bombshell, Evelyn Dall -- until the smash finish, of course.

It's a surprisingly sweet musical, and reliable director John Paddy Carstairs pulls out all the stops with a variety of weird wipes for editing the big production number. Look back more than three quarters of a century, you can see the cheap B values and the attempts to cash in on current notoriety, but also the clear competence of the underlying work.

The musical genre features stories that combine music, singing, dancing, acting, and often spoken dialogue to tell a story or convey a narrative. Musicals incorporate various elements of drama, music, and choreography to create a cohesive theatrical experience that engages audiences on multiple levels.

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