BBB

(out of 5)

Betty Grable goes to a resort in Miami posing as a wealthy heiress in order to ensnare a rich husband. She gets Don Ameche instead, but at least he really loves her and they sound great together singing duets. This piece of fluff is completely harmless, less enjoyable than Down Argentine Way (also starring Grable and Ameche), but colourful and fun thanks to everyone in the picture dancing and singing up a storm. The film was made back in the heyday when Miami was actually considered a fantastically exotic place.

Twentieth Century Fox

USA, 1941

Directed by Walter Lang

Screenplay by Vincent Lawrence, Brown Holmes, adaptation by George Seaton, Lynn Starling, based on the play Three Blind Mice by Stephen Powys

Cinematography by Allen M. Davey, J. Peverell Marley, Leon Shamroy

Produced by Harry Joe Brown

Music by David Buttolph, Charles Henderson, Cyril J. Mockridge, Alfred Newman

Production Design by Richard Day, Wiard Ihnen

Costume Design by Travis Banton

Film Editing by Walter Thompson