Kiddie Revue (1930)
** (out of 4)
MGM short is certainly a product of its time and in the end only works as an interesting note in history. A partial remake of Hollywood REVUE OF 1929, the film has a young boy introducing various musical acts, all with children of course. I must say watching this thing was rather painful because of how dull it was. The musical numbers are quite lame and the lackluster direction doesn't help matters because the camera just stays in one place without any cutting or excitement. This was probably due to the early sound era but a little more could have been done. The musical acts really aren't anything special and come across as something you'd see at any elementary school. It's interesting to note that some of the music was written by George Waggner who would later go onto direct several Universal horror movies including THE WOLF MAN, HORROR ISLAND and MAN MADE MONSTER.