Julian Rose

This exuberant comedy about Jewish domestic life tells the story of an old man who is to inherit a legacy if he can prove he is in need, and who thus begins to gamble spectacularly with his savings.

Oscar is 19 years old on the day he takes the entrance exam for a prestigious dramatic arts school. After months of rehearsals with his best friend, who acts as his cue partner, the scene he thought he had mastered gradually slips away from him. As the performance unfolds, the boundary between reality and fiction stretches, putting his dream and his friendship to the test.

Gracie Fields' second film Looking on the Bright Side was a smash hit film of 1932. It contains a lot of her biggest hit songs of the period.