1h 23min | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 2 October 1950 | Color
Director: Richard Sale
Stars: June Haver, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven, Dennis Day, Harry James, Thelma Ritter, Steve Allen.
Larry Ceballos ... choreographer
bootleg, blurry
Dance by Dan Dailey, GD & JH might qualify as tap?
Maybe next time verify performers, sequence within the film, of the
Songs in the Soundtracks (also credited at the end of the film on a modern(?) blue screen):
- There Will Never Be Another You, Sung by Dennis Day
- It's Been a Long, Long Time, Sung and Danced by June Haver, Gloria DeHaven and Dan Dailey
- I'll Get By, Sung by June Haver
- Deep in the Heart of Texas, Performed by June Haver and Gloria DeHaven with the Harry James Orchestra
- I've Got the World on a String, Performed by June Haver and Gloria DeHaven
- McNamara's Band, Sung by Dennis Day
- Yankee Doodle Blues
- Takin' a Chance on Love, Sung by Gloria DeHaven with the Harry James Orchestra
- You Make Me Feel So Young, Sung by Gloria DeHaven and Dennis Day
- Fifth Avenue
- Down Argentina Way
- I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
- No Love, No Nothin'
- Stompin' at the Savoy (snippet, sheet music shown)
- Once in a While, Performed as an instrumental by the Harry James Orchestra
- I'm Making Believe
- The More I See You
- You Say the Sweetest Things (Baby)
- Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (done in numerous styles during the ASCAP strike)
Pleasant songfest about fictional(?) songwriter/publishers. Certainly the songwriting credits don't confirm the commonality of writers that the film suggests. Takes place 1939-45 (Germany surrenders).
I can't say there's much character development, and the plot could have been the synopsis of many musicals I've watched. Really don't know what the motivation for making this film was, unless... Lots of familiar songs here, especially to fans of Fox musicals. I wonder if the rights were about to lapse, and they decided to write a film to utilize the songs once more. Or maybe Betty Grable insisted Fox put her husband to work.
Fox, dir. Sale; 6
