This is two movies, yes two movies in one. It's a completely uninteresting movie about two young women who are both more or less in love with Van Johnson and try to run a canteen for service men during World War II.
And it's a variety show, full of stars doing what they do well, if not always what they do best.
The first story goes on forever and is really uninteresting.
A lot of the variety show acts are good, but because this movie runs way too long, the variety numbers aren't as much fun as they might be. Near the end Lena Horne sings, very beautifully, *Paper Doll" - which is a strange number for a woman to sing. I would have enjoyed it more if I weren't hoping the movie would end soon. The same with José Iturbi and his sister playing the *Ritual Fire Dance*.
If you can watch this on DVD and skip from variety act to variety act, I'd definitely recommend it. If it's on TCM and you have to sit through all of it to see the good stuff, I'd have reservations.
And it's a variety show, full of stars doing what they do well, if not always what they do best.
The first story goes on forever and is really uninteresting.
A lot of the variety show acts are good, but because this movie runs way too long, the variety numbers aren't as much fun as they might be. Near the end Lena Horne sings, very beautifully, *Paper Doll" - which is a strange number for a woman to sing. I would have enjoyed it more if I weren't hoping the movie would end soon. The same with José Iturbi and his sister playing the *Ritual Fire Dance*.
If you can watch this on DVD and skip from variety act to variety act, I'd definitely recommend it. If it's on TCM and you have to sit through all of it to see the good stuff, I'd have reservations.