Higher and Higher (1943)With their employer bankrupt, servants scheme to marry maid Millie to a rich husband. But Frank Sinatra lives across the street... Director:Tim Whelan |
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Higher and Higher (1943)With their employer bankrupt, servants scheme to marry maid Millie to a rich husband. But Frank Sinatra lives across the street... Director:Tim Whelan |
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| Michèle Morgan | ... |
Millie Pico
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| Jack Haley | ... |
Mike O'Brien
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| Frank Sinatra | ... |
Frank
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Leon Errol | ... |
Cyrus Drake
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Marcy McGuire | ... |
Mickey
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| Victor Borge | ... |
Sir Victor Fitzroy Victor
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| Mary Wickes | ... |
Sandy Brooks
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Elisabeth Risdon | ... |
Mrs. Georgia Keating
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| Barbara Hale | ... |
Katherine Keating
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| Mel Tormé | ... |
Marty
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Paul Hartman | ... |
Byngham
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Grace Hartman | ... |
Hilda
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| Dooley Wilson | ... |
Oscar
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Ivy Scott | ... |
Mrs. Whiffin
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Formerly rich Mr. Drake is broke...with his household staff's wages seven months in arrears. Conniving valet Mike O'Brien hatches a scheme to pass off scullery maid Millie as Drake's debutante daughter and net a rich husband for the benefit of all. But all kinds of complications, romantic and otherwise, intervene... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
This may not be one of the best movies ever made but overall it's a very enjoyable, light-hearted piece of froth in which everyone involved seems to be having a good time. Highly recommended for it's feel-good factor alone. OK, so Frank Sinatra's "acting" leaves a lot to be desired but his singing is a great redeeming feature and the songs fit in perfectly with the romantic atmosphere of the film. Sinatra went on to make many more films where his undoubted acting ability shone through but in this, his first venture into Hollywood, his voice, not his acting, is his main contribution to this movie. I've just watched it again on TV and it still lifts my mood as much as it did the first time I saw it many many years ago.