Step Lively

Step Lively (1944)

  • 23% of users liked it
    (50 ratings)

Previously filmed as a so-so Marx Brothers vehicle in 1938, the John Murray-Alan Boretz Broadway hit Room Service was effectively musicalized in 1944 as Step Lively. The plot remains intact: Fly-by-night theatrical producer Gordon Miller (Groucho Marx in the 1938 film, George Murphy in the remake)… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By
Tim Whelan
Written By
Warren Duff
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
In Theaters
Jul 26, 1944 Wide
On DVD
May 13, 2008

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Without the Marx Brothers, the music improves but the comedy proves witless.

  • John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

    The action only slows down long enough to admit a musical number or some snappy dialogue.

  • John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

    ...empty-headed, to be sure, but it's also breezy, lightweight, antic fun

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  • jay n


    Sinatra is in fine voice but this musical is minor in almost every way. A good supporting cast is wasted.

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