You won't be disappointed!

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

This is a short from Vitaphone and it can be found on the "Warner Brothers Big Band, Jazz & Swing" DVD collection. This set consists of six DVDs and almost 11 hours of shorts! "Freddie Rich and His Orchestra" is a very typical sort of short. It consists of Freddie Rich and his band playing a few tunes. And apart from a guitarist wanting to do a number, it's all VERY conventional. It's simply music and no story or hook to excite the viewer. And, I know opinions will differ, but I found this music amazingly dull and uneventful. Now I must admit that I am not a huge fan of big band, but even for this sort the film is pretty limp. The short lacks humor and especially energy. As a result, it's a below average film compared the most of the rest of the set.

I was recently very fortunate to run across this Big Band short while watching TCM channel. My first reaction was that it was a nice little film featuring the Freddie Rich Orchestra, Joe Sodja - outstanding guitarist, but particularly a catchy version of the "Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond" featuring Nan Wynn with The Three Symphonettes. Luckily, having a recorder in operation, I was able to go back and again listen to Nan Wynn (which I have now done over and over). What an amazingly beautiful voice!!! Her clarity, range and effortless singing just totally mesmerized me, along with the fact that she was a beautiful young lady. What a shame that her talent wasn't more recognized and more of her work isn't available. I am now trying to catch her in some of the movies in which she appeared, usually as a nightclub singer, but I'm thankful to at least have this video.

I enjoyed all the musical numbers in this short subject (that was included on "The Adventures Of Robin Hood" DVD -- an Errol Flynn swashbuckler). The first number with the Three Symphonettes (female trio) was fun. I particularly liked the girl in the middle: she had the cutest facial expressions while she was singing. Then there was a band performance. Then Nan Wynn, the featured vocalist, came out to perform. Before this viewing, I had never heard or heard of Nan Wynn. She was adorable. She had a lovely voice, her vocal stylings were attractive, and (like that one Symphonette in the middle) she flirted coyly with the camera. (Oh, to return to the good old days of flirting, before we started baring it all.) Miss Wynn was about 23 when this short film was made in 1938. Unfortunately, although she was in a few movies, she never reached the heights of fame I think she deserved. She is perhaps best known today as the singing voice of Rita Hayworth in "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942). But you can see her in "Pardon My Sarong" (1942) as Luana, which is available on VHS video tape. Sadly, Miss Wynn died at the age of 55 from cancer.

An unusually good Big Band short that gets a couple of extra points for Joe Sodja's fantastic guitar -- a solid 10 in my book.Nan Wynn is adequate as a Big Band girl vocalist, and the Three Symphonettes are what we used to call sol-LID! -- entertaining and with the precision of a block of polished steel. {There was a good deal of that around in those prehistoric days of my high school time.)A very entertaining entry in the galaxy of '30s and '40s musical shorts.