1h 40min | Comedy, Musical | 30 March 1961 | Color, WS
Director: Norman Taurog
Stars: Pat Boone, Buddy Hackett, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Eden.
Harold Belfer ... choreographer
5 songs in Soundtracks, 1 without performer, others sung by PB.
Not much as a musical, although PB has a lovely voice.
Frenetic comedy, borderline annoying, with slight plot. Peacetime navy is spiteful, with officers assigning duties and/or calling impossible inspections just to assert authority. But no one gets into real trouble for transgressions, so it's just emotionally abusive, in a "funny" way. Yuck.
BH as a native American?
BE is not quite blonde enough, and has short hair. She'll look better on TV.
Fox, dir. Taurog; 6-