Movie Reviews: Annabel Takes a Tour (United States, 1938)


Figure 1.--'Annabel Takes a Tour' is about a wacky movie starlet who needs publicity. Here the wife of Annabela's boyfriend shows up with the kids in tow. The boy here is played by Tommy Bupp.

This film is about a wacky movie starlet who needs publicity. Her publicity agent comes up with various stunts to get her noticed. She falls in love with a romantic author, only we find at the end of the film it is no publicty stunt. "Annabel Takes a Tour" is a typical poor quality B movie featuring Lucille Ball, of course plays the wacky Annabell. You kind of wonder what she could have done had she been given any decent scripts. At the end of the movie, her boy friend's wife shows up with three kids in tow. The two boys wear peaked caps and matching black short pants suits with knee socks. One of the boys is played by Tommy Bupp. This was a typical film for Tommy, He was in numerous films during the 1930s, commonly with very brief appearances. We are not sure about the other two children. The boys' outfit would have been seen at the time as conservative suits worn by boys from well-to-do families.







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