1h 26min | Comedy, Music, Romance | 29 August 1941
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Stars: Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Lynn Bari (singing dubbed), Joan Davis, Nicholas Brothers, Dorothy Dandridge.
Hermes Pan ... dances staged by
bootleg copy, excellent print. also found online.
Glenn Miller's sound is so smooth and syrupy. Not my fave, but good anyway. I wonder why this film has not gotten an official release. Are music rights involved? My copy comes from a Fox Movie Channel airing.
Music (ch #s from my dvd):
- Ch 2: I Know Why (and So Do You) sung by LB, played by GM orch (GMO)
- Ch 4: In the Mood (GMO)
- Ch 6: It Happened in Sun Valley sung by cast en route to hotel in sleighs
- Ch 7: SH skates on outdoor hotel rink
- Ch 8: JP & SH ski w/ background music
- Ch 9: Chattanooga Choo Choo (GMO)
- instrumental
- Beneke & band vocals (Paula Kelly & the Modernaires)
- Dandridge & NB vocals, light dancing
- NB dance with multiple killer splits
- Ch 11: The Kiss Polka sung by ensemble in hotel dance club, guests dance in unison
- Ch 14: big SH skating production number to medley of songs;
- with partner,
- ensemble of 15-20 pairs without her, then
- solo.
- Fascinating black reflective surface with thin layer of water or oil
The music, the dancing, the skating, the skiing all make me smile. Prior rating of 8 stands.
Fox, dir. Humberstone; 8
