I thought this movie started out with a bang, with rousing ragtime numbers, but then drifted into dull ballads and slower music. I kept on wondering what happened to the peppy ragtime! And surely the songs played after the boys returned from WWI were not from the 1920s? Didn't sound like it.
The story got a bit dull after the promising beginning, but the stars Powers, Faye, Ameche, and Haley were all entertaining in their ways and great to look at.
Also, I was distracted by the inappropriate costumes, which again started out correct for the turn of the century, but for some mysterious reason became 1930s fashion after WWI. The skirts were too short, the jackets had shoulder pads and nipped in waists, and the women's hairstyles and hats were totally wrong for the 1920s. I kept wondering how many years had passed!
All in all, a good movie, but could have been better in some ways.
The story got a bit dull after the promising beginning, but the stars Powers, Faye, Ameche, and Haley were all entertaining in their ways and great to look at.
Also, I was distracted by the inappropriate costumes, which again started out correct for the turn of the century, but for some mysterious reason became 1930s fashion after WWI. The skirts were too short, the jackets had shoulder pads and nipped in waists, and the women's hairstyles and hats were totally wrong for the 1920s. I kept wondering how many years had passed!
All in all, a good movie, but could have been better in some ways.