Awards: Yes nominated for a number of academy awards--won best Music Score
Cast: Tyrone Power; Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, John Carradine. Ruth Terry. Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler, Joseph Crehan, Robert Gleckler, Stanley Andrews, Donald Douglas, Lon Chaney Jr., Edwin Stanley
sez says -- Ethel Merman sure was some singer! Next to Merman poor Alice Faye is a wash-out. But, evidently, Fay was considered to be 'more beautiful' so she got the lead role. That makes the whole movie sit sort of uncomfortably-crocked.
Anyway-- this is packed with Irving Berlin Music, so for people who like Berlin that is a plus. It is set in San Francisco, World War I and New York. So that is the backdrop. But that is it. There is no story to speak of. Two people love each other but they keep having trouble getting together --till the end-- and when they do get together that ends the movie. In the meantime you get to hear a dozen or more Berlin tunes--which are best done by Merman....and you get to see some cool dancing by Jack Haley. You've got to like Berlin to want to see this--if you like Berlin, it is light entertainment. Grade C -
Anyway-- this is packed with Irving Berlin Music, so for people who like Berlin that is a plus. It is set in San Francisco, World War I and New York. So that is the backdrop. But that is it. There is no story to speak of. Two people love each other but they keep having trouble getting together --till the end-- and when they do get together that ends the movie. In the meantime you get to hear a dozen or more Berlin tunes--which are best done by Merman....and you get to see some cool dancing by Jack Haley. You've got to like Berlin to want to see this--if you like Berlin, it is light entertainment. Grade C -
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