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This film is from a fabulous but short-lived era in Hollywood during 1932-33 when the studios encouraged experimentation with the musical genre. The first musical films of the early talkie era, circa 1928-31, tended to be stage-bound, static and monotonous. For a time, theaters even advertised that determined films having musical-sounding titles were in fact not musicals because people were avoiding them!
In 1932, director Rouben Mamoulian at Paramount made Esteem ME TONIGHT – and why hasn’t THAT film ever near out on video? – and Lewis Milestone at United Artists made BUM. Ironically, both films had scores written by Rogers and Hart. Filming of the Mamoulian project, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, seems to have gone smoothly enough. But BUM seemed to be a jinxed film from the launch. Roland Young originally played the mayor but became sick or otherwise unavailable so his many scenes had to be refilmed with Frank Morgan in the role.
Evidently, BUM was completed in 1932, but preview audience reactions were so poor, major refilming was needed. It sounds like a nightmare. When the second version was finally released in 1933, it was a commercial failure and UA and Al Jolson agreed to plunge plans for two more films.
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None of these problems are apparent watching the film today. The film is current and inventive and for once Jolson has plenty of elbow room to explain his heart out. Even his acting, a outmoded point in all Jolson films, is quite suitable here. Jolson complained that Milestone made him disclose scenes endlessly but the director seems to have been getting the self-consciousness out of Jolson’s acting style. It worked! BUM is the only film Jolson made where he does not appear in blackface, making it the only “politically fair” film of his career and the only one shown these days in public places (I leer that BUM is also the only Jolson film on dvd so far) .
That said, this film is probably not for all tastes. As mighty as I fancy this film, I don’t understand why they couldn’t have picked a better situation. Americans were too troubled by the Depression in 1933 to pick up considerable amusement in a fanciful myth of life as a bum in NYC’s Central Park. Despite its excellence, no wonder it flopped.
Highly recommended for anybody who wants to observe how inventive filmmaking can be. Superb recount and sound quality but we obviously aren’t dealing with the unique 35 mm camera negative!
This musical gem demonstrates why Al Jolson was called the greatest entertainer of all time. He’s sparkling as singer, laughable, and dramatic actor.
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Director Lewis Milestone (All Detached on the Western Front) also makes this one of the most purely cinematic musicals of the 30s. From the rapid-fire cuts to the virtuoso camera angles and tracking shots, Hallelujah I’m a Bum is a feast for the eyes. The DVD transfer does corpulent justice to the film’s visual qualities with an trustworthy portray quality.
But given that 3/4 of the movie consists of Rodgers and Hart’s improbable accumulate, it’s a pity that MGA/UA has over-processed the sound on the DVD. Apparently in an misfortune to prick any hint of tape philosophize, the soundtrack has gone through a noise reduction process that removes the high frequencies and results in a deadened, distorted sound compared to the earlier VHS and laserdisc releases. Hart’s big rhyming couplets fair don’t sound the same!
If you have the righteous laserdisc edition of Hallelujah I’m A Bum, you can skip the DVD release. If you have the VHS edition and are looking for better record AND sound quality, you’ll salvage only one of those ingredients here.
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