Reviewer: Luvbeinawmn -
- April 19, 2006 Subject: Don't Miss this! This is a true "classic". A feel-good, movie if there ever was
one. Father and son, struggling together to make a life for themselves. The
acting is great and the story believable. You'll kick yourself if you don't
watch this one. I give it...stars but, since there are only 5 stars
available...!
Review For an actor who hasn't been around for quite a while, John
Boles's return isn't particularly auspicious. Monogram has thrust him, voice,
immaculate profile and all, into a short-order special called "Road to
Happiness," now at the Palace. The story is nothing more than a lot of weepy
bosh about a divorced father who tries to make a home for his son and a career
for himself and finally does both after numerous gummy scenes in which the pair
gulp down their emotions like stout fellows to prove they're not softies after
all.
Now, Mr. Boles can still sing (as he briefly proves in the last reel), but
his efforts to run cadenzas on the audience's heartstrings strike nothing but
sour notes. As for Billy Lee, his indubitable charm is so tear-drenched it
should be hung on a line to dry. Next time, put it through the ringer and a
little more starch, please. --The New York Times
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Description Jeff Carter (John Boles), a singer down on his luck, turns to
radio acting as a means of supporting his young son Danny (Billy Lee.) With the
support of his son and his press agent Charley Grady (Roscoe Karns), Jeff
ultimately finds radio the means of realizing his professional ambition.
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