{"id":12937,"date":"2010-10-29T15:13:31","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T22:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12937"},"modified":"2020-12-29T12:50:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T19:50:23","slug":"kid-from-brooklyn-the-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12937","title":{"rendered":"Kid From Brooklyn, The (1946)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;What a wit, what a clown &#8212; what a fighter!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Kid-From-Brooklyn-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Kid-From-Brooklyn-Poster-193x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-60400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Kid-From-Brooklyn-Poster-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Kid-From-Brooklyn-Poster-660x1024.png 660w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Kid-From-Brooklyn-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Kid-From-Brooklyn-Poster-174x270.png 174w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Kid-From-Brooklyn-Poster.png 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a bumbling milkman (Danny Kaye) accidentally knocks out a prize fighter (Steve Cochran), he becomes an overnight media sensation, and soon finds himself taken advantage of by an unscrupulous manager (Walter Abel).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boxing<\/li>\n<li>Corruption<\/li>\n<li>Danny Kaye Films<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Virginia Mayo Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis remake of Harold Lloyd&#8217;s classic talkie <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12930\"><em>The Milky Way<\/em> (1936)<\/a> was clearly designed as a prime vehicle for Danny Kaye &#8212; and as such, fans of his are sure to enjoy it. Kaye acquits himself well, showing off plenty of humorously deft &#8220;boxing&#8221; maneuvers, and making the most of his character&#8217;s transformation from mild-mannered milkman to arrogant would-be boxing champion. But director Norman McLeod doesn&#8217;t possess quite the same gift for comedic timing as <em>The Milky Way<\/em>&#8216;s Leo McCarey; watching the two films neck-to-neck (as I did) makes this disparity abundantly clear. <em>The Kid From Brooklyn<\/em> does possess one infamous &#8220;claim to fame&#8221;: in a bit of near-tragic cinema lore, Goldwyn ordered all copies of Lloyd&#8217;s original film to be destroyed (presumably because the two films are almost identical). Fortunately, Lloyd had his own preserved copy, so it survived &#8212; and film fanatics now have the opportunity to choose between the two.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Despite her best efforts, Virginia Mayo &#8212; playing Kaye&#8217;s unassuming romantic interest, Polly Pringle &#8212; simply isn&#8217;t as believable in this role as her earlier counterpart (Dorothy Wilson). She does get to wear some lovely gowns, though, so watch for those. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Danny Kaye&#8217;s nimble &#8220;boxing&#8221; maneuvers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kid-from-brooklyn-fighting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kid-from-brooklyn-fighting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12939\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The surreal opening musical sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kid-from-brooklyn-cows.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kid-from-brooklyn-cows.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12940\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Miles White&#8217;s lovely gowns<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kid-from-brooklyn-dress.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kid-from-brooklyn-dress.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12941\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see viewing for Danny Kaye fans. Check out the original instead. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038668\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=9A07E0DA153FE23BBC4152DFB266838D659EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/80188\/the-kid-from-brooklyn#articles-reviews?articleId=551001\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What a wit, what a clown &#8212; what a fighter!&#8221; Synopsis: When a bumbling milkman (Danny Kaye) accidentally knocks out a prize fighter (Steve Cochran), he becomes an overnight media sensation, and soon finds himself taken advantage of by an unscrupulous manager (Walter Abel). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Boxing Corruption Danny Kaye Films Musicals Virginia Mayo Films Review: This remake of Harold Lloyd&#8217;s classic talkie The Milky Way (1936) was clearly designed as a prime vehicle for Danny Kaye&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12937\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12937"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60402,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12937\/revisions\/60402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}