If you like WOMAN HATERS, I highly suggest watching this one. If not, skip.
Just to show that the Columbia shorts department didn’t waste time recycling, UMPA is the second short they ever released, WOMAN HATERS is the fourth. Both share the melody of “My Life, My Love, My All” as well as the same “Rock A Bye Baby” recording. Though a Columbia short, other than being produced by Jules White, this short has nothing in common with any Stooge short outside of WOMAN HATERS or SWEET AND HOT. No writers, directors, character actors - just a completely different world.
This is a fun piece of light entertainment. Jack Osterman is a good screen presence who died way too young, the plot is simple and to the point, the music is catchy - especially if you know WOMAN HATERS, and the army of dancing girls are pretty. Like I said, light entertainment. We get a couple of overhead shots of the girls dancing into different formations like a Busby Berkeley film and that’s pretty much all I gotta say. Not usually the kind of thing I watch, but given the Columbia short connection, a reason to watch a 16 minute musical.
