There is a lot of great Gershwin music in this. Anne "Maisie" Southern and Robert Young portray a songwriting couple who have a quirky process and a rocky relationship. Kind of like real life, but this is funnier.
Eleanor Powell, second in tap only to Anne Miller plays Anne Southerns best friend and roommate. Red Skelton, a very young and always-eating Virginia O'Brien, John Carroll, Phil Silvers, Tom Conway, The Berry Brothers, and Lionel Barrymore are support cast.
The centerpiece of this film is the song "Lady Be Good" and the film rotates around the writing, production and distribution of that song - And for musical historians, this is a jewel, showing stacks of sheet music being printed and the song played around the nation, in player pianos and in sheet-music joints. One serious spot has Southern and Young singing "The Last Time I Saw Paris" obviously a tribute to that city during the nazi occupation - "When the Lights went Out". Directed by Norman Z McLeod with Musical Sequences directed by Busby Berkley.
This film was made at the pinnacle of MGM's musical prowess, and the art direction/set design, sound (Recorded by Douglas Shearer, Norma's brother), lighting are all superb. These are in my opinion the best "romantic musical comedies" ever made.
Eleanor Powell, second in tap only to Anne Miller plays Anne Southerns best friend and roommate. Red Skelton, a very young and always-eating Virginia O'Brien, John Carroll, Phil Silvers, Tom Conway, The Berry Brothers, and Lionel Barrymore are support cast.
The centerpiece of this film is the song "Lady Be Good" and the film rotates around the writing, production and distribution of that song - And for musical historians, this is a jewel, showing stacks of sheet music being printed and the song played around the nation, in player pianos and in sheet-music joints. One serious spot has Southern and Young singing "The Last Time I Saw Paris" obviously a tribute to that city during the nazi occupation - "When the Lights went Out". Directed by Norman Z McLeod with Musical Sequences directed by Busby Berkley.
This film was made at the pinnacle of MGM's musical prowess, and the art direction/set design, sound (Recorded by Douglas Shearer, Norma's brother), lighting are all superb. These are in my opinion the best "romantic musical comedies" ever made.