April Showers (1948)

A husband (Jack Carson) and wife (Ann Sothern) vaudeville act is failing because they haven't changed their corny act in years. But when they add their talented 14 year old son (Robert Ellis) to their act, they become a sensation. Directed by James V. Kern (THE DOUGHGIRLS). Oy! Does this one creak! It's the kind of old timey Technicolor costume musical usually associated with 20th Century Fox and starring Dan Dailey and Betty Grable except here it's in B&W with Carson and Sothern. All the cliches are here and you you know exactly where it's going every step of the way. I never cared much for vaudeville plots. As a musical, the songs aren't original but era favorites like On Moonlight Bay, Carolina In The Morning, Every Little Movement as well as the title song. As usual, Jack Carson and Ann Sothern are dependable performers but they can't do anything with the hokey plot and characters. With Robert Alda and S.Z. Sakall.