6.4
“Thrill to the Voice that makes Swing Song Sounds..Hear Her Trilling Those Golden Arias!”
Hitting a New High (1937)
December 24, 19371h 25mEN
5.2
10 votes
Overview
A Paris cabaret singer dreams of becoming a Metropolitan Opera singer. A press agent arranges her Manhattan debut by way of Africa.
Director
Raoul WalshWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Production Companies
RKO Radio Pictures
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6.0For a brief while, I thought the MGM lion had strayed onto set and was going to shorten this feature for us, but he merely yawned and went back to sleep. Now that is quite an accomplishment as for much of this film we are treated to the pizzicato dulcets of aspiring opera singer “Suzette” (Lily Ponsj. Luckily for her, she is “discovered” by the very aptly named theatrical agent “Corny” (Jack Oakie) who is so determined to get her onto the stage that he dons his khaki and heads to the perilous depths of the African jungle - which, to be fair, does actually look more like a jungle than a few pot…
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