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Top Banana (1954)iMDB Rating: 5.7
Date Released : 22 February 1954
Genre : Comedy, Musical, Romance
Stars : Phil Silvers, Rose Marie, Danny Scholl, Judy Lynn
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

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A filmed version of Phil Silvers' hit Broadway show about a television comic who tried to regain his ratings on TV.

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Review :

TCM Purees It Too!

Turner Classic Movies just aired it this past weekend. I was aware of the show because the cast album is (I think) in release on CD, and was pleasantly suprised to learn of this "rendering" of the property. A joyfully disappointing "non-adaptation".

There are two or three redeeming features of the film. The vaudeville-derived visual-physical comedy is vintage. The "long takes" are engrossing and reminiscent, strangely, of live TV. The polished performances of Silvers and his entourage as they command the stage are as thrilling to watch as vintage Marx Brothers. The portions of the play not ruined by cuts are a great demonstration of the way musicals were engineered for continuous flow, as first pioneered by R & H's "South Pacific" a few years earlier.

Only worth it for aficionados of Silvers, 50s Broadway, and rabid film buffs. Not recommended for general family entertainment; go rent "The Music Man" instead.