1h 21min | Comedy, Musical | 4 January 1943 | Color
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Stars: Mary Martin, Dick Powell, Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Rudy Vallee, Eric Blore.
Paul Oscard ... choreographer / dance director
bootleg, poor print.
DP (b. 1904) hardly qualifies as a beach "boy" as the the synopsis calls him.
Per the Soundtracks, we get 1 MM/DP duet, 2 MM solos, and 2 BH songs. There is some solo and duet dancing, plus some calypso ensemble work. BH has a partner onstage for some athletic swing dancing; he's made up to look old, but is clearly not. Only 1 dancer in the credits, and this is his only film.
The twist to this golddigger story is that DP knows the target (RV), and schemes with MM on how to land him.
The "voodoo" involves a love potion sprayed at the intended.
Eric Blore doesn't get enough screentime for me.
This is the 3rd of 5 pairings of BH & EB, all done within 1942-45.
This is pleasant enough, although it seemed a bit long. Perhaps because of the very poor quality of the print.
Paramount, dir. Bernhardt; 6
