Rita Hayworth is an American showgirl at the Music Box Theater in London, which proudly proclaims that it's open every night, despite the War raging about them during the Battle of Britain. She also carries on an increasingly serious romance with Squadron Leader Lee Bowman between musical numbers.
It's actually about the Windmill Theater, in a highly expurgated version. The Windmill, in addition to being renowned for staying open throughout the War, is better remembered for featuring naked showgirls. They got around the rules for such matters by featuring them in tableaux vivants, reproductions of famous works of art. They made the case that there was no objection to showing a picture of a naked woman, so.... The Lord Chamberlain issued the ruling that 'If you move it's rude' and the shows continued through 1964. The Hays Office was not so amenable, so the girls never appear in anything less than Union suits.
The unspoken titilation aside, it's a fairly standard movie featuring Miss Hayworth's dancing to Jack Cole's choreography, Marc Platt as a dancer who is also in love with Miss Hayworth, and some decent but unremarkable songs by Sammy Cahn and Jules Styne, as well as such lovely ladies as Janet Blair, Leslie Brooks, Dusty Anderson, and Florence Bates.
It's actually about the Windmill Theater, in a highly expurgated version. The Windmill, in addition to being renowned for staying open throughout the War, is better remembered for featuring naked showgirls. They got around the rules for such matters by featuring them in tableaux vivants, reproductions of famous works of art. They made the case that there was no objection to showing a picture of a naked woman, so.... The Lord Chamberlain issued the ruling that 'If you move it's rude' and the shows continued through 1964. The Hays Office was not so amenable, so the girls never appear in anything less than Union suits.
The unspoken titilation aside, it's a fairly standard movie featuring Miss Hayworth's dancing to Jack Cole's choreography, Marc Platt as a dancer who is also in love with Miss Hayworth, and some decent but unremarkable songs by Sammy Cahn and Jules Styne, as well as such lovely ladies as Janet Blair, Leslie Brooks, Dusty Anderson, and Florence Bates.