AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

mark.waltz Having been trying to get up to bat for ages, comic genius wannabee deals with three ex-wives, overpowering radio show sponsors and voices of popular movie stars in his head as he tries desperately to get on the air. A gifted mimic, Morgan has the ability to imitate people around him, and his imitations of MGM contract players Robert Taylor, Mickey Rooney and Hedy Lamarr (to mention a few) which makes you wonder if these stars spent a day providing their voices for this film unbilled. Morgan starts off his gimmick spoofing "The War of the Worlds" which of course leads to panic and two welders being confused with martians. Virginia O'Brien has her first major part on screen, singing two standards in her deadpan manner to great hilarity. Charles Holland has a fine voice as the bellhop who gets two numbers as well, but of a more serious nature. A minor plot has radio show producer Dan Dailey dealing with a jealous fiancée who is vindictive towards singer Virginia Grey trying to get her first break.A great ensemble of comic supporting players dominates the main plot concerning Morgan, with Donald Meek as the sponsor, Nydia Westman as his widowed sister-in-law who takes a fancy to Morgan, and Billie Burke, Sara Haden and Connie Gilchrist as his three ex-wives. Reginald Owen, Barnett Parker and Leo Gorcey also appear. This is a nice little B picture from MGM which makes it an A on other studio budgets.

MartinHafer This movie is a real mixed bag. While it is moderately entertaining, the story is also pretty ridiculous and formulaic--plus there are a bits and pieces that were just plain bad.The story is about a lovable conniver played by Frank Morgan--and this is pretty much the role he played in almost every movie he made. However, it's a little bit different this time in that he's a performer on radio and not a typical con man. But, he lies constantly and has a string of ex-wives chasing him--once again, typical Morgan story elements. And, as usual, despite his being disreputable and a horrible father, his kids rally inexplicably to his defense. All this is so formulaic and a retread of so many Morgan movies that I found myself getting bored with the plot.To make it worse, since this was about producing a radio show, several god-awful acts were included in the movie--as well as one excellent one. The old racist song "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" (singing about the "good old days" of slavery) was performed twice when the film began--once masterfully by a Black bellhop and once horribly by a zombie-like woman who was awfully scary to behold as she sang! Later, it turned out that one of Morgan's daughters could apparently sing, and she sang a couple numbers in the highest pitch operatic style. Technically, I guess it was pretty good, but I hated it and it hurt my ears. I could almost swear I could hear the neighbor's dogs barking as she sang! Now as for Morgan's radio show goes, the initial gimmick was pretty funny, though as it was repeated throughout the movie it just seemed awfully silly. Apparently Morgan's character had a genius for mimicry, as he could perform ALL the voices in a radio drama alone--men, women and children. To do this, the film makers actually dubbed these voices as Morgan's lips moved. Later, it turned out he could reproduce ANY Hollywood star's voice, and he pretended to be Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery. So all these actors get to make a cameo in the film--or at least their voices did.So overall, the movie was very predictable, formulaic, silly but still somehow watchable. This is NOT a film I'd recommend you rush to see, but there are certainly worse films out there.Oh, and by the way, there is a strange mistake in the film due to poor editing. At one point late in the film, Billie Burke says to Morgan "you're a vulture" and then Morgan responds. Then, one of Morgan's other ex-wives begins talking and yet no words come out of her mouth due to an editing mistake. I am really surprised no one caught this, as it was strange to see a woman speak an entire line and yet you can't hear a thing!

adamj-4 This is a nice little musical that's just a lot of fun. Frank Morgan is outstanding as usual. The supporting cast, including Billie Burke, Sara Haydin,and Virginia Gray are all fine. Compared to today's movies with all the violence and cynicism, movies like Hullabaloo are wonderful escape mechanisms.

boblipton Frantic unfunny comedy about how Frank Morgan panicked the nation on radio -- a gloss on Orson Welles' broadcast of WAR OF THE WORLDS -- and the lives, loves and generally unfunny situations surrounding his newfound success. Frank Morgan doubles sixteen times a second and an impossibly young Dan Dailey plays the juvenile lead. Give it a miss.