Erik Rhodes gets a leading role -- albeit in a short -- in this MGM musical two-reeler about a a singing convict who escapes from prison, putting the kibosh on the convicts taking part in a chorale competition. One of the convicts threatens to rat out the opera-loving gangsters unless they finger him for the authorities.
Rhodes, despite being best known for playing neurasthenic Italians in Astaire-Rogers musicals in the 1930s, was born in Oklahoma.
Like many of the MGM shorts of this period, it comes off as more bizarre than funny, but the squeaky-clean prison with its extensive rose garden takes this one to new realms of silliness.
Rhodes, despite being best known for playing neurasthenic Italians in Astaire-Rogers musicals in the 1930s, was born in Oklahoma.
Like many of the MGM shorts of this period, it comes off as more bizarre than funny, but the squeaky-clean prison with its extensive rose garden takes this one to new realms of silliness.