April Showers is a 1948 American musical film directed by James V. Kern and written by Peter Milne.

[2][3][4][5] April Showers was based in great part on the vaudeville career of Buster Keaton, who sued Warner Bros. and received only $3500.

When the family is offered a booking in New York City, it fulfills a lifelong dream of Joe's to play on Broadway.

New York prohibits child labor, so Buster pretends to be an adult midget when he is backstage.

Joe suggests that Billy Shay replace him in the act so that Buster and June can continue performing.

Buster, June, and Billy are asked to join a musical comedy, a major production that will be a big break for the act.

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times reviewed the film negatively, criticizing the vaudeville plot as "an insufferable tale" and the acting by Carson, Sothern, and Ellis as poor.