1h 29min || 11 October 1940 | Color
Director: Irving Cummings
Stars: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood, Henry Stephenson, Nicholas Brothers.
Nick Castle ... dances stager
Geneva Sawyer ... dances stager
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance | Sport
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032410/
Beautiful color print!
Beautiful color print!
First American film for CM (b. 1909; 6 prior films, probably Brazilian). 7th film for Fayard & 8th for Harold Nicholas, starting in '34 and '33 respectively; we get another with them this year. This film is in Tap! Appendix for them.
According to IMDb trivia: CM filmed her numbers in a NY nightclub (no one in the cast is onscreen with her). Also, BG was not the only replacement (for an ill Alice Faye). DA replaced Desi Arnaz ("personal reasons"), and Leonid Kinskey replaced Cesar Romero (also ill).
According to IMDb trivia: CM filmed her numbers in a NY nightclub (no one in the cast is onscreen with her). Also, BG was not the only replacement (for an ill Alice Faye). DA replaced Desi Arnaz ("personal reasons"), and Leonid Kinskey replaced Cesar Romero (also ill).
Soundtracks:
- ch 2 (ch 1 is titles only): South American Way, sung by CM
- ch 5: Down Argentina Way, sung by DA in Spanish, by BG in English, danced by BG
- ch 9: Down Argentina Way, sung by HN, danced by NB; don't miss FN's jump through a handkerchief into a split.
- ch 10: Nenita, sung by trio, and then Leonid Kinskey, danced by specialty couple
- ch 11: Mama Yo Quiero, sung by CM
- ch 12: Bambu, Bambu, sung by CM
- ch 15: Sing to Your Senorita, sung/danced by CG (b. 1890; trots more than dances)
- ch 17: Two Dreams Met, sung by DA & BG
- ch 23: Mama Yo Quiero, danced by BG
- ch 24: finale: reprises of all other songs, including NB hopping and landing in repeated splits, and CG finally doing her signature rubber-hipped high kicks
The commentary track is pleasant but skippable. The Biography episode on BG is OK, but her life is shown as tough at the end because of all the $$ consumed by husband Harry James; the daughters weren't interviewed. Alice Faye was, and denies the rivalry between them.
Lots of good musical numbers and BG's breakout film (after working steadily in films since 1929!) The Soundtrack is independent from the plot, which is pretty good.
Fox, dir. Cummings; 7
