1h 43min | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 20 February 1958 | Color, WS
Director: Michael Kidd
Stars: Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, ..., Tommy Rall.
Michael Kidd ... choreographer
Bootleg, blurry copy.
Only directing credit for MK.
Only directing credit for MK.
6 songs in the Soundtracks, all by Mercer & Chaplin; no mention of wife Sylvia Fine in these credits.
My favorite portion of the film is when DK dances to Salud in ch7 (of 11) along side TR and perhaps Bert May is the other dancer. He doesn't do all the dancerly moves (like when they leap vertically and spin), but he matches a lot of the footwork. And when they set the frustum rolling and DK sits on its side just as it reaches him exactly on the beat, that's pretty marvelous.
Other than that, it's DK alternates between being nervous and awkward, but then graceful and confident. That was funniest in The Court Jester ('55) when it switched at the snap of fingers. Here he only forgets to be nervous when he gets caught up in the action (as during Salud).
The chimp is a nice addition, not overused.
Sol C. Siegel Prod., distr. MGM, dir. Kidd; 6
