Burlesque star (Blaine) makes it in the big time.Burlesque star (Blaine) makes it in the big time.Burlesque star (Blaine) makes it in the big time.
Stephen Dunne
- Frederick Manly Gerard
- (as Michael Dunne)
Donald MacBride
- Lawyer Ferguson
- (as Donald McBride)
Lex Barker
- Jack - Coast Guardsman
- (uncredited)
Juanita Cole
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Cross
- Harry
- (uncredited)
Boyd Davis
- Spencer Bennett - Publisher
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- Trivia"True to the Navy" (written by Elsie Janis and Jack King), sung and danced by Carmen Miranda, was deleted from this movie, but the song as filmed still exists. Paramount held exclusive rights to the song and it would not permit Twentieth Century-Fox to include Miranda's number in this movie. It was performed previously on screen by Clara Bow in Paramount on Parade (1930), which can be seen on YouTube. The song bears a striking resemblance to "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun" written by Irving Berlin in 1946 for the Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun".
- GoofsThe lyrics to "Chico, Chico" mention a wolf at "Hollywood and Pico." Those two streets run parallel and never intersect, but lyricist Harold Adamson likely assumed that most people not living in L.A. wouldn't know or care.
- Quotes
Flo Hartman: I'm also a man who should have his head examined. Not that it would do any good because the doctors wouldn't find anything in it.
- SoundtracksSomebody's Walking in My Dream
(uncredited)
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Harold Adamson
Sung by Vivian Blaine at audition
Later sung and danced by Martha Stewart in finale
Featured review
Pleasant '40s musical
An unusual cast perks up this '40s Fox musical, replete with the cliches of its period but providing quite pleasant old-fashioned entertainment, with Dennis O'Keefe's patented brash and domineering star turn (forgive the script's overt sexism). I especially enjoyed seeing the young Perry Como singing and romancing Martha Stewart (no, not that Martha Stewart), having watched his tv series for so many years in my youth.
The cleansed version of burley-que portrayed is quaint and actually not so far removed from the softcore peep show loops and burlesque movies shown as so-called Adult entertainment in the '50s -it was fun to watch. And especially to see how times have changed now that this is shown On Demand for free courtesy of the new owners of the Fox library -Disney!
The cleansed version of burley-que portrayed is quaint and actually not so far removed from the softcore peep show loops and burlesque movies shown as so-called Adult entertainment in the '50s -it was fun to watch. And especially to see how times have changed now that this is shown On Demand for free courtesy of the new owners of the Fox library -Disney!
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- lor_
- Jul 17, 2023
Details
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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