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Hallelujah I'm a Bum (Happy Go Lucky) (Lazy Bones) (The Heart of New York) (1932)

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Average Rating: 8.1/10
Reviews Counted: 7
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Release Date: Feb 3, 1933 Wide

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Joe Smith and Charlie Dale, the Jewish-dialect comedy team famous for their "Dr. Kronkheit" sketch, provide comic relief in Heart of New York, a filmization of Smith and Dale's Broadway hit Mendel Inc. The team costars with another Hebraic comedian, George Sidney, who portrays good-natured plumber Mendel Maranta. Mendel goes into business for himself after inventing a revolutionary washing machine, accruing wealth beyond his wildest dreams. The ex-plumber learns all too soon that money and

Unrated, 1 hr. 14 min.

Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Lewis Milestone

Written By: S. N. Behrman, Ben Hecht

In Theaters: Feb 3, 1933 Wide

On DVD: Feb 5, 2002

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Critic Reviews for Hallelujah I'm a Bum (Happy Go Lucky) (Lazy Bones) (The Heart of New York)

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (0) | DVD (2)

A whimsical, offbeat and somewhat original Depression-era musical comedy.

October 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Jolson's best acting; great Rodgers & Hart score; quirky rhymed dialogue

October 23, 2004 Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Yeah, it's all too conscious, but it's brilliantly so.

October 19, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A very strange, pre-code, quasi-musical with a socialist message and a talking performance by silent comic Harry Langdon.

October 4, 2002 Comment

Jeffrey M. Anderson

San Francisco Examiner

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a whimsical and progressive pre-code musical that's likely jolson's best film. instead of blackface, he gets a black sidekick and terrific songs by rodgers and hart. the film flopped perhaps because people couldn't stomach one of the richest men in hollywood singing of the joys of vagrancy at the height of the

March 6, 2010

Stella Dallas

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al jolson disowned his work in this film and, as a result, a lot of people like to say it's a bomb. it isn't. it's a risk taking film musical that needed a lighter touch than lewis milestone's. and, this may be the dancer in me, but it needed a dance number or two. it's got a great cast supporting jolson and a fun

January 12, 2009