The opening big band sequence of the jazzy "Hold That Tiger" is a great way to start this B RKO musical which is an hour or so of silliness that has to be seen to be believed. It's in the Kay Kyser/Leon Errol/Mexican Spitfire mold of RKO comedy (with music), and completely zany from start to finish. There's apparently been a murder in a nightclub where Patsy Kelly works as hat check girl and one that is obviously run by some pretty lowdown mobsters. Kelly's boyfriend (Bert Lahr) and a friend of the alleged victim (Buddy Ebsen) become involved in a cat and mouse game with the mobsters that includes a tough moll June Havoc, a cigarette girl (Dorothy Lovett) whom Ebsen falls for, and a man with severe vision problems who keeps trying to row a boat that is tied onto the docks, making him going nowhere fast. Ebsen and Lahr deal with potentially being made into icicle chips, keep falling into the water surrounding this nightclub, and have daggers, bullets and other things thrown at them. The King Sisters are quite memorable, both with the title song (edited in the opening credits) and "Hold That Tiger" which has a great beat. I just wonder though why it always seems these musicians always open their mouths wide when either banging on the drums or piano, although the cello player with the goofy smile had me in hysterics. Margaret Dumont appears briefly as the imperious landlady, making me wish more for her. I bet as American got further into war during this time that films like this were great distractions from the worries that brought, even if ever so briefly at under 70 minutes.
Review of Sing Your Worries Away
