1h 17min | Comedy, Music, Romance | 5 October 1951 | Color
Director: Charles Walters
Stars: Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn.
Hermes Pan ... choreographer
Bootleg, good print.
In the Tap! Appendix for Ann Miller.
Dreadful comedy with musical performers stuck acting a bad script. Another comedy of mistaken identity, then deception (when the mistake is not corrected.)
Dreadful comedy with musical performers stuck acting a bad script. Another comedy of mistaken identity, then deception (when the mistake is not corrected.)
ch1. The Carnie's Pitch, Performed by Red Skelton
ch1. Whoa, Emma!, Sung by Howard Keel
ch3. It's Dynamite, Sung and Danced by Ann Miller
ch3. Deep in the Heart of Texas, Sung by Howard Keel and chorus
ch4. Whoa, Emma!, Sung by Foy Willing and Foy Willing's Orchestra
ch4. Young Folks Should Get Married, Sung by Howard Keel
Really, no musical numbers after this? Or did I just get so bored that I didn't notice? At some point EW dances in HK's fantasy in his room, but she's under water; makes for some nice movement of her gown, but I'm gasping for air watching it. Not sure if it was the ch4 Married song, or just unidentified instrumental.
There was a big chuckwagon race that occupied a lot of time. Kind of cute: how the wagon lost more and more of its structure, but RS kept on racing.
No explanation for the attraction of EW/HK; I suppose looks is enough. Why AM is attracted to RS is beyond me, especially after she finds out he's not rich.
I should really give this a 5, but I'll stick with my prior rating.
MGM, dir. Walters; 6-
There was a big chuckwagon race that occupied a lot of time. Kind of cute: how the wagon lost more and more of its structure, but RS kept on racing.
No explanation for the attraction of EW/HK; I suppose looks is enough. Why AM is attracted to RS is beyond me, especially after she finds out he's not rich.
I should really give this a 5, but I'll stick with my prior rating.
MGM, dir. Walters; 6-
