According to the excellent documentary on Grable included on the DVD, she had been making films since 1929, and this one, made when she was 24, made her a star. For the next 10 plus years she topped popularity polls as she sang and danced in Fox technicolor musicals. Her looks and pizazz in this film reminded me of Lana Turner, before she too became a mega star. Betty is adorable. Women liked her and men said, "I want to marry a girl just like the girl that married Harry James." The boys in khaki didn't say that about Lana when she married Artie Shaw.
Betty was primarily a dancer and her specialty number in the last few minutes, wearing an "Argentine" ruffled costume and shaking her shoulders with a bit of oomph at the close, showed her wow power. Down Argentine Way is a sure cure for the blues. Betty, as well as that dynamic dancing duo, the Nicholas Brothers, are guaranteed to banish drooping spirits and put a smile on your face.
Betty was primarily a dancer and her specialty number in the last few minutes, wearing an "Argentine" ruffled costume and shaking her shoulders with a bit of oomph at the close, showed her wow power. Down Argentine Way is a sure cure for the blues. Betty, as well as that dynamic dancing duo, the Nicholas Brothers, are guaranteed to banish drooping spirits and put a smile on your face.