What better way could there be to bring together two singing actors who didn’t know each other than by having them star opposite each other while dressed as feral cats?

“A wise man, before commencing to build a house, will sit down and count the cost. If his means are limited, he will attempt no ambitious imitation of a particular style.

There was a spectacular theatre in Toronto called the Runnymede, which opened in 1927 with silent movies and vaudeville shows. One of its many innovations was a projected “sky,” with clouds and stars, in the ceiling. On the lighting board backstage was a large electrical switch with a sign on it: “Turn Out The Stars Before Leaving.”