It’s hard to imagine George Burns as anything but an old man with big round glasses and a cigar. So it was quite amusing to watch College Swing where of course he isn’t.

This was also my first time watching a 1930’s Paramount musical. I’m amazed that in the last three years of musical obsession I hadn’t watched any until now! And there were quite a few familiar faces. Edward Everett Horton (who of course was one of the mainstays of the Fred and Ginger musicals), Betty Grable (before she hit it big, but definitely a bigger role than Follow the Fleet) and oh yeah. A guy named Bob Hope.

It was fun to watch, but less polished and I didn’t find it quite as funny as I expected. I really enjoyed several of the musical numbers - Betty Grable & Jackie Coogan’s dance number and the finale. But I didn’t always get the humour… it was probably more understandable at the time it was made.

Tomorrow it’s The Big Broadcast of 1938.

I must also say I’m pretty impressed with deepdiscountdvd.com which is somewhere I’ve never shopped before. They ship to NZ in about the same time that amazon.com takes. I guess it’s price vs price.