Too Much Harmony

In Too Much Harmony, Bing Crosby plays a singer torn between two women. He's got an angel and a devil on his shoulder-but the real character the audience cares about is his friend, Jack Oakie. As much as I love Bing, he doesn't have as much character development and just isn't as sympathetic as Jack. Bing is drawn to Lilyan Tashman, a one-dimensional, gold-digging villain, but when he meets goody-two-shoes Judith Allen, he starts to fall for her instead. Jack's also in love with Judith, but since he gets second billing, he's expected to just step aside for Bing.

This is a pretty dated 1930s flick that doesn't really stand the test of time. Harry Green gives a caricature of a Jewish theater producer, and while there are quips that remind you when it was written, the rest of the movie just feels old. "Let's put on a show" combines with "everyone in the theater is crazy" combines with "settle down with a nice girl", but it's not the best movie in the world.