Vivian Dawn (Lynn Bari) is auditioning, but she gets tripped up by the house band. Phil Corey (Glenn Miller) and his band happens to be there hoping for a chance. Miss Dawn gives them exactly that. Nifty Allen (Milton Berle) is their manager. Ted Scott (John Payne) is the band pianist. Nifty had a publicity stunt forcing a war refugee on Ted. They are surprised to find the expected refugee child turns out to be a full grown Norwegian woman, Karen Benson (Sonja Henie).
The concept is funny, but they do threaten to go overboard with it. The issue is Karen's smiling persistence. Olympic champion Sonja Henie's acting is better than most athletes, but it is a little off-putting. The love triangle would work better if it's the other way around. Flip it so that she has two guys. Her character is a better pivot and more compelling than the bland Ted Scott character. Miss Dawn is more of a blank than anything else. Milton Berle is mugging for comedy for all he's worth. As for the music, it has the toe-tapping "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for one. There is some fun and this is almost great.
The concept is funny, but they do threaten to go overboard with it. The issue is Karen's smiling persistence. Olympic champion Sonja Henie's acting is better than most athletes, but it is a little off-putting. The love triangle would work better if it's the other way around. Flip it so that she has two guys. Her character is a better pivot and more compelling than the bland Ted Scott character. Miss Dawn is more of a blank than anything else. Milton Berle is mugging for comedy for all he's worth. As for the music, it has the toe-tapping "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for one. There is some fun and this is almost great.