No, this is not a GREAT film, but it's better than I expected it to be.
Don Ameche is always pleasant to watch, including in this film as a movie director. Dorothy Lamour always seemed a bit worn to me, although a good sidekick in the Road films with Hope and Crosby. But in this film she shines. There is one excellent dance number later in the film, although it appeared to me a double was doing her dancing.
The plot is decent. A film director is fired when his leading lady has a breakdown due tot he stress. So, at a carnival, he finds a promising replacement...if he can pass her off as being French. A sort of love/hate relationship develops, which I'm not sure quite works, although the overall picture does as Ameche tries his hand at a Pygmalion effort.
This is a very good "B" musical, and frankly there were occasional "A" musicals that were inferior to this. So sit back and enjoy it...at least once.
Don Ameche is always pleasant to watch, including in this film as a movie director. Dorothy Lamour always seemed a bit worn to me, although a good sidekick in the Road films with Hope and Crosby. But in this film she shines. There is one excellent dance number later in the film, although it appeared to me a double was doing her dancing.
The plot is decent. A film director is fired when his leading lady has a breakdown due tot he stress. So, at a carnival, he finds a promising replacement...if he can pass her off as being French. A sort of love/hate relationship develops, which I'm not sure quite works, although the overall picture does as Ameche tries his hand at a Pygmalion effort.
This is a very good "B" musical, and frankly there were occasional "A" musicals that were inferior to this. So sit back and enjoy it...at least once.