1950 · mgm · astaire · biopic
Three Little Words
Directed by Richard Thorpe1h 42m1950
Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist. By chance, he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit. Ruby gets Kalmar to marry his former partner Jessie Brown, and Kalmar and Jessie prevent Ruby from getting married to the wrong girls. But due to the fact that Ruby has caused a backer's withdrawal for a Kalmar play, they end their professional relationship.
Our read: Three Little Words (1950) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded mgm · astaire · biopic entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle mgm / astaire, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
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