1h 11min | Musical | 27 August 1943
Director: Anthony Mann
Stars: Mary Lee, Louis Calhern, Gladys George.
Nick Castle ... choreographer
Watched online, poor/fuzzy sometimes awful print.
Mostly unfamiliar faces, not even future stars among the teens.
The plot was ok, with both the parents and the teens dealing with life changes.
The singing was fine. Dancing: one brief audition scene near the beginning, some rhythmic movement (and a little tapping) by chorus girls in the production number performance near the end.
The songs are great here, all familiar/standards. I wonder if PovRow studios got a discount for music rights, or if they just ignored such formalities. The songs are:
It Had to Be You
Blow, Gabriel, Blow
On the Sunny Side of the Street
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
This is Anthony Mann's 3rd of 41 director credits, 7 tagged as music/musical.
Republic, dir. Mann; 6-
