ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND -- Henry King, dir

©1938
studio: 20th Century Fox
production company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
dir: Henry King
cast: Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, John Carradine, Jean Hersholt, Helen Westley, Paul Hurst, Wally Vernon, Ruth Terry, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler, Eddie Collins, Joseph Crehan
screenplay: Kathryn Scola and Lamar Trotti
story: Irving Berlin
adaptation: Richard Sherman
original music: Irving Berlin, Alfred Newman
B&W
musical

This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music. [from IMDb.com]

What a truly fun movie. This film really has so much going for it, including really fine performances from all.

Yeah, the story is a little hokey -- "boy and girl argue - boy and girl fall in love" and it happens rather quickly, but it was serviceable. And after watching the special feature which explains how quickly the story was developed and written, I'm more impressed.

I don't know that I'd ever actually seen Tyrone Power or Alice Faye before, though I've certainly heard their names mentioned as stars in their time. This film shows that they were deserving of the accolade.

Recommended.