Thursday, January 21, 2016

Quem Sabe... Sabe! (1956)

Alternatively punctuated title: Quem Sabe, Sabe!

Musical comedy. A card reader operates in partnership with her brother, who gets information on her clients through their female servants.

Rather weak, but with a marginal value of cultural document. This is not one of the morally sounder films I have seen, what with its protagonists being a couple of crooks, and much of the cast of characters getting involved in shady deeds of one sort or another. As usual with immoral films, it purports to have a moral message, which in this case is that discrimination against chorus girls is bad. It seems to be a case of defending one's own backyard, since there is really no difference between the profession of the young actresses and that of the characters they play.

Rating: 31

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