Delightfully Dangerous (1945)

Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before... See full summary »

Director:

Arthur Lubin

Writers:

Walter DeLeon, Arthur Phillips,

Stars:

Jane Powell, Ralph Bellamy, Constance Moore

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jane Powell	...	Sherry Williams
Ralph Bellamy	...	Arthur Hale
Constance Moore	...	Josephine 'Jo' Williams / Bubbles Barton
Morton Gould	...	Himself - Bandleader
Arthur Treacher	...	Jeffers, Hale's Butler
Louise Beavers	...	Hannah, Jo's Maid
Ruth Tobey	...	Molly Bradley, Sherry's Roomate

Storyline

Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before performing at her school, a visiting Broadway producer encourages her by telling her positive things about her sister. Soon afterwards, Sherry decides to make a surprise trip to New York to visit Josephine - but what she finds there is not at all what she expected.

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Plot Keywords:

school | tightrope | train | broadway show | telegram | 

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Genres:

Musical

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 March 1945 (USA)

Also Known As:

Deliciosamente Perigosa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hunt Stromberg Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Through Your Eyes ... To Your Heart"
Music by Morton Gould
Lyrics by Edward Heyman
Sung by Jane Powell

User Reviews

Quite cute

An early outing for Jane Powell as Sherry, a student at a musical school who yearns for a career on the stage, like her elder sister Jo (Constance Moore). But the fat is in the fire when Sherry travels to New York to see her sister on the stage, and finds out that she's not a top Broadway actress, but "Bubbles Barton" the burlesque queen.

Jane P does the annoying little sister thing as well as Shirley Temple did in "The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer", though at least this time she's not in love with the older man (phew!). "Delightfully Dangerous" starts off a bit slowly, but soon picks up, and is a treat to watch - except for the final musical number which drags on for what seems like hours. No one suddenly breaks out into song in this musical, all the numbers are the ones on the stage, so only one of them really seems to fit into the storyline at all. Constance Moore was brilliant as Bubbles, and the definite standout star of the movie has to be Arthur Treacher (one of my childhood favourites!) as Jeffers the butler. Remarkably witty as always, even he has seen the infamous Bubbles on stage and thinks she has "a wonderful pair of - eyes."