If I Had My Way

If I Had My Way

Infobox Film
name = If I Had My Way


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director = David Butler
producer = David Butler
writer = David Butler
William M. Conselman
James V. Kern
starring = Bing Crosby
Gloria Jean
music =
cinematography = George Robinson
editing = Irene Morra
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = May 5, 1940
runtime = 93 minutes [ [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?scarlettTitleId=78955 Turner Classic Movies] Overview for If I Had My Way (1940)]
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0032624

"If I Had My Way" is a 1940 musical film starring Bing Crosby and Gloria Jean. The film was directed by David Butler.

Plot

Buzz Blackwell, Fred Johnson and Axel Swenson are construction workers who are building a bridge. They are good friends and Buzz and Axel even help Fred raising his daughter Patricia. When Fred tragically dies in a fatal accident, Patricia is forced to live with her relatives in New York City whom she has never met. Buzz and Axel decide to depart with her. They soon arrive at her uncle and aunt Jarvis and Brenda, who are horrible persons. Jarvis is a snobby rich man, while Brenda is supercilious. Jarvis has received a letter from Buzz, warning him for their arrival and wants no part in raising Patricia. As they show up, Jarvis pretends to be someone else and sends them to the other "J. Johnson". This is Joe, Patricia's great uncle and husband of Marian. They are poor ex-vaudevillans but welcome them with open arms. Buzz wants to give Joe Fred's money he left him for Patricia, but finds out a drunken Axel used that money to buy a Swedish restaurant. This restaurant, which is doomed to fail, is now the only money bringer for the Johnsons. Buzz is determined to help them out and turns the restaurant in a night club, but is bothered with Jarvis, he has returned to claim "his" money back.

Cast

*Bing Crosby as Buzz Blackwell
*Gloria Jean as Patricia Johnson
*Charles Winninger as Joe Johnson
*El Brendel as Axel Swenson
*Allyn Joslyn as Jarvis Johnson
*Claire Dodd as Brenda Johnson
*Moroni Olsen as Mr. Blair
*Nana Bryant as Marian Johnson
*Donald Woods as Fred Johnson
*Kathryn Adams as Miss Corbett

Reception

Thought of as a B-film, the film was negatively received by DVD Talk. Although praising Crosby and saying Jean was cute, the website critized the plot and called the film "strictly second-run material". [ [http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/25243/bing-crosby-screen-legend-collection/ DVD Talk] BING CROSBY: SCREEN LEGEND COLLECTION: IF I HAD MY WAY] The film was also generally bad received by the movie website Internet Movie Database. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032624/ Internet Movie Database] If I Had My Way (1940)]

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