The New Pictures, Dec. 22, 1947

Good News (MGM) was one of the best musicomedies of the 1920s. It is still one of the pleasantest to remember. Now, kept fairly strictly in its period, it has been brought to the screen. This fine idea might have been better carried out, but Good News is still better news than most.

The show's strongest asset, now as always, is its songs; they don't come much better than Lucky in Love, The Best Things in Life Are Free, Varsity Drag and the title song. The movie has a new tune, Pass the Peace...

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