A passenger ship is wracked on the reefs on its way to Cuba. Cruise line owner George Barbier sends VP John Payne to appease the passengers and forestall lawsuits. This does not please Barbier's daughter Cobina Wright, scheduled to marry Payne. Payne finds passenger Alice Faye a tough nut to crack; she's a shopgirl who had saved for this trip for years. Payne offers her a deluxe trip, top accommodations, but she wants romance, so Payne hires Cesar Romero; he's Carmen Miranda's manager and lover, but a gambler who's heavily in debt to Sheldon Leonard's casino. Misunderstandings, Billy Gilbert, and songs by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren ensue.
It's shot in that bright Technicolor favored for Fox musicals, and a lot of fun and nonsense. Miss Faye sings only one song, while Miss Miranda gets the big production numbers. It's a lot of fun; the Latin American Musical Genre had not grown stale by the time this was made. While the songs are not particularly memorable, save the charming "Buy A Lollipop", it's fun and frothy, the costumes are great -- except for Romero's baggy pants -- and you can't tell that Miss Faye is expecting her first child.
It's shot in that bright Technicolor favored for Fox musicals, and a lot of fun and nonsense. Miss Faye sings only one song, while Miss Miranda gets the big production numbers. It's a lot of fun; the Latin American Musical Genre had not grown stale by the time this was made. While the songs are not particularly memorable, save the charming "Buy A Lollipop", it's fun and frothy, the costumes are great -- except for Romero's baggy pants -- and you can't tell that Miss Faye is expecting her first child.