LLOYD BACON

Bil’s rating (out of 5):  BBB.5

USA, 1951.  Twentieth Century Fox.  Screenplay by Albert E. Lewin, Burt Styler, based on the musical revue by Harold Rome, Arnold M. Auerbach.  Cinematography by Arthur E. Arling.  Produced by Fred Kohlmar.  Music by Leigh Harline.  Production Design by Lyle R. Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright.  Costume Design by Charles Le Maire.  Film Editing by Louis R. Loeffler.  

Throwback to wartime musicals stars Betty Grable as a USO entertainer who is reunited with the man she turned down years before. The usual complications in these backstage melodramas ensues, scored beautifully and performed with exceptional vigour by Grable and Dan Dailey. One of the leggy superstar’s better films.