All Girl Revue

The only reason for watching this very dated musical short is the chance to see JUNE ALLYSON just a few years before she made her big movie star debut in "Best Foot Forward" at MGM.

This is a drab looking Warner musical short with June as the Mayor for a Day who wants to "Make the City Pretty" and joins the other gals for a reception to honor the arrival of Madame Beverly, an opera singer (BEVERLY KIRK). There's also a musical moment at Grand Central where a chorus line of girls do a tap routine imitating the shuffling noise of a train getting set for departure.

None of it is really interesting enough to make it an item I'd recommend, but fans of June Allyson will be able to sit through it just to watch the perky actress before stardom.

I really enjoy the Vitaphone Variety shorts and have been trying to find as many as I can to watch. Unfortunately this one isn't the best, it's the weakest entry I've seen thus far.

But it is still worth watching to see June Allyson before she was famous.

The songs and dancing revolve around a ridiculous storyline. June becomes mayor for a day and her goal is to make the city pretty. Her three advisors, suggest putting curls in their hair, getting better clothes, cleaning up the slums and hanging drapes over the city garbage cans.

June also decides that she wants to put a mirror in the mayors office to help 'pretty the city'.

Oddly as the ladies are leaving the office we can see that there already is a floor length mirror in the office.

They're on the way to the train station to meet an Opera singer who will be given the key to the city. And of course it's just a showcase to highlight the singing of Beverly Kirk.

All in all, it was interesting to watch this oddball historical short.

About the only reason to see this film is if you are a die-hard June Allyson fan, as she plays the lead in this practically plot less musical. Ostensibly, the plot is about the men giving the women control of the city government for the day and June is the acting mayor. But absolutely nothing is done with this plot...nothing...well, apart from making women look bad when she demands a mirror in the office because ladies, apparently, MUST have this and aren't really serious about work. Instead of developing this, however, there's one song and a crazy song and dance number. In other words, they totally sacrificed plot in order to shove a lot of music into the picture. It's not terrible...but sure is lacking the qualities you need to make it worth seeking. Not terrible...but not very good either.

Girls take over the city for a day and decide to clean up the town.... in the words of the song Mayor-for-a-day June Allyson sings at the beginning of this short, "Gotta make the city pretty" by shining up garbage cans.

This Vitagraph short is a bizarre one, although there is a nice line of identical-looking chorines dancing in Grand Central Station. The plot of this short has the mayor head over to greet visiting opera singer Beverly Kirk.

There are some decent songs by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin, but nothing outstanding. Director Lloyd French tries to spice up the standard musical revue that the Warner Brothers' shorts unit had been turning out, but it winds up looking bizarre rather than funny.

Short about what happens when girls (women) are allowed to rule an unnamed town for a day. June Allyson is the mayor and sets out to make the city more pretty (!!). It seems a famous (unnamed) opera singer (Beverly Kirk) is visiting the town that day and they want to make it perfect for her.

The short itself is harmless fun. 95% of the dialogue is sung and all the songs are tuneful it instantly forgettable. It also has a truly jaw-dropping tap dancing number in a train station. This also has some forgotten female dancing and singing acts. So it's fun as a harmless little short and also as a reminder of some really great female singers and dancers.