Time Out for Rhythm (1941)

Time Out for Rhythm: Directed by Sidney Salkow. With Rudy Vallee, Ann Miller, Rosemary Lane, Allen Jenkins. Kitty Brown, the maid of Frances Lewis, a nightclub star, gets a Hollywood contract after Frances’ fiance forbids her to appear in the club.

“Before sitting down to watch this film I did remember it vaguely from seeing it on television as a kid in the early sixties. At that time the Three Stooges were in a comeback via television and they were who I knew and remembered. As an adult I saw that Time Out For Rhythm starred Rudy Vallee and Ann Miller.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWell we sure saw a lot of Ann Miller dancing in fact she carries the film when the Stooges arenu0026#39;t there. But I was amazed that Rudy Vallee sang not a note and he was first billed. His stuff had to end up on the cutting room floor.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eVallee with his stuffy personality was a hard sell as a musical film star. It was right after this film that Preston Sturges cast him in The Palm Beach Story recognizes how his type could be played for laughs and successfully.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut the Stooges with their special brand of nonsense really dominate things, especially Curly doing a swami routine. They are equally aided and abetted by Brendau0026amp;Cobina a female comedy team that were regulars on Bob Hopeu0026#39;s Pepsodent Radio Show. They were a pair of brain dead plain Jane switchboard operators and using them with Moe, Larry, and Curly was a stroke of genius for Columbia.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe rather thin plot involved a talent agency headed by Rudy Vallee, Richard Lane, and Allen Jenkins trying to give a break to Ann Miller who is the maid of star Rosemary Lane. Lane has forbidden Miller to seek a career of her own. I think you know where this is going.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is Columbia and not MGM so the production values on this musical are paper thin. But the film is definitely a must for Three Stooges fans.”