7/10
fine escapist fun
14 September 2021
Sisters Jean (Gloria DeHaven) and Patsy Deyo (June Allyson) grew up in vaudeville. As children, they befriend performer Billy "Junior" Kipp (Jimmy Durante). As young women, they are a performing team. The girls invite a bunch of service men over to their place. Jean tells Johnny (Van Johnson) that the sisters dream of entertaining the tropes in a nearby "haunted" warehouse. Suddenly, somebody gives the girls the keys to the building. Everything just shows up out of the blue and nobody knows the identity of their rich benefactor.

That's a lot of guys in their apartment. Don't worry. This is strictly PG material. It's wartime and these soldiers are all honorable gentlemen. They may stare but everybody keep their hand to themselves. This is as white bread as the sandwiches they make in the kitchen. The songs are fun for that era. Besides Jimmy Durante, there are a few other names. Jimmy delivers the heart while the girls deliver the cuteness. It's all light escapist fun when the real world outside is so very harsh.
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