When you combine a feisty little girl like Jane Withers with an overly caffienated old man like Al Lydell, it's going to be a contest who was a bigger scene stealer. Add in funny lady Joan Davis in one of her early roles, and it seems like you have the makings of a fun little B comedy with a few songs. But comedy is really lacking for most of this film that surrounds movie star Sally Blane being kidnapped and Withers taking them on like a little rascals she is. She is a great scene stealer so there are moments where this does seem like it might jump start itself.
But the gangsters are stereotypical dumbbells, and Blane is bland, and unfortunately, Davis doesn't get anything really outrageous to do outside of a brief little novelty song, coming right after Withers' number which isn't memorable either. Robert Kent as Blane's love interest and John Qualen as Withers' father don't add much else to the film. Lydell does add some spark as Blane's grandfather, but he needed to be something a little different than be a carbon copy of other comical character actors who put on old man drag and jumped around like a lunatic for laughs.
But the gangsters are stereotypical dumbbells, and Blane is bland, and unfortunately, Davis doesn't get anything really outrageous to do outside of a brief little novelty song, coming right after Withers' number which isn't memorable either. Robert Kent as Blane's love interest and John Qualen as Withers' father don't add much else to the film. Lydell does add some spark as Blane's grandfather, but he needed to be something a little different than be a carbon copy of other comical character actors who put on old man drag and jumped around like a lunatic for laughs.