1h 27min | Comedy, Musical | 1 November 1944
Director: Lewis Seiler
Stars: Carmen Miranda, Michael O'Shea, Vivian Blaine, Phil Silvers, Perry Como, Cara Williams.
Nick Castle ... choreographer
Bit parts: June Haver as chorine (didn't spot her); Judy Holliday as defense plant welder (she has a full paragraph of exposition). 1st of 4 film credits for Perry Como. 7th of 24 film credits for Cara Williams.
3 cousins inherit a dilapidated mansion. Nearby service men fix it up and rent it for their wives. Enough of them are entertainers that they can put on a show to raise funds for the repairs. But during the show, PS runs a casino upstairs, and the Base declares the mansion off-limits. Then the Army uses the property as part of their maneuvers, and the exposition by JH pays off. When off-limits is lifted, they have a party at the mansion.
9 songs (24 chapters with menu):
ch3. Something for the Boys, performed by VB with chorines in a NY (Brooklyn) show.
ch8. Wouldn't It Be Nice? sung by MO, VB, PS, CM in street clothes in the dilapidated mansion.
ch10. I Wish We Didn't Have to Say Goodnight sung by PC to CW at the mansion (still being renovated)
ch13. Eighty Miles Outside of Atlanta sung by VB with chorines dancing
ch14. Batuca Nega sung by CM with Banda Lua
ch15. In the Middle of Nowhere sung by PC, then VB
ch19. I Wish We Didn't Have to Say Goodnight sung by VB to the soldiers eating dinner at the mansion (on maneuvers)
ch20. Southland sung by PS after dinner at maneuvers
ch21. Climbin' Up Dem Golden Stairs sung by PS & company in the mansion still on maneuvers
ch24. Samba-Boogie sung/danced by CM and large male&female chorus at the party
ch24. brief reprise of Wouldn't It Be Nice? by VB & MO. The End
Cute, but try to ignore the plot during the off-limits segments.
Fox, dir. Seiler; 7-
