Follow the Band

1943 "Laugh Stars! Song Stars! Swing Stars!"
6.5| 1h1m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 01 April 1943 Released
Producted By: Universal Pictures
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A farmer from Vermont travels to New York and becomes a successful singer in a nightclub.

Genre

Comedy, Music

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Director

Jean Yarbrough

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Follow the Band Audience Reviews

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.
Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
tmarti7 I recall seeing this film when it first came out. It was one of a number of similar light romantic comedies built around a name dance band, and featuring cameo performances of stars as night club acts. One of the cameos in this one is Leo Carrillo doing one of his very funny stand-up comedy routines. Before he became a film star, Leo did the night club, vaudeville circuits and Broadway, as a dialect comedian and chalk-talk cartoonist. Leo's act is worth the price, as he appears as a night club act, doing one of his Italian dialect routines as a character named "Tony" using a telephone booth to contact an array of imaginary characters. Beyond some really good laughs, this routine should be mandatory for any aspirant to doing stand-up comedy. For real fans of Leo, you'll have to excuse the mispronouncing of his name by the master of ceremonies, as "Leo Car-ee-yo", (s/b "ka-reel-yo") sorry that. But don't miss this one, or the cameo by the late great Frances Langford, or the early electric guitar of Alvino Rey!
Single-Black-Male This film is one of many that Mitchum was offered to pad out his career. As an actor, he needed to have work experience behind him in order to be hired. Therefore, his agent sent him for every role being offered, paying Mitchum between $75 per day and $100 per week. I think we can safely call this film padding.