MGM
December 30, 1949
Musical, Comedy, Romance
DVD
B-
B-
Released at the very end of the '40s, this is chockful of still gettable topical references, like about Dr. Kinsey and Dinah Shore. (Well, if you're over 50 and/or know the twentieth century.) At its best, it is joyous and infectious, with an eager, charismatic cast, including a cast-against-type Sinatra. Unfortunately, there are parts that don't click, like one of those "modern ballet" sequences that would also mar co-directors Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly's Singin' in the Rain a couple years later. I've seen this movie once before, maybe a decade ago, and I was looking forward to watching it again. I think if I had fast-forwarded, I'd rank the movie higher. Still, I know I'll watch it again someday.
