Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)

Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She refuses and goes to Las Vegas. When she ... See full summary »

Director:

Will Jason

Writers:

Rian James (story), Eddie Moran

Stars:

Ann Miller, William Wright, Robert Williams

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ann Miller	...	Eve Porter
William Wright	...	Ward Williams
Robert Williams	...	Steve Ormond
Ray Walker	...	George McGrew
Charles D. Brown	...	Joe Gordon
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Ford	...	Rewrite Man (scenes deleted)
Richard Thorne	...	Rewrite Man (scenes deleted) (as Dick Thorne)

Storyline

Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She refuses and goes to Las Vegas. When she finds them there hunting her down, she manages to escape them by hiding in the car of a newspaper reporter. She comes out of hiding while he is driving, but everything she says is misconstrued, making him believe that she is a recently-escaped convict, "The Singing Widow". He plans to use this as a story to get back into the good graces of his editor. Through some comic mishaps, he learns who she really is. He then decides to take her back to Hollywood to collect the reward for her return. But now love has entered the mix, and must be resolved with his job and her engagement to another.

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Plot Keywords:

remake | character name in title

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Taglines:

This Eve played hide and seek with ROMANCE! This Adam tried to throw a wrench into their LOVE AFFAIR!

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Genres:

Musical | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 April 1945 (USA)

Also Known As:

Once Upon a Mountain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

64 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Oscar Roberts: Well, shut my big nasty mouth! Looks like you're one up on me; nothing I like better than a high class babe who can snap em back to ya!

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Connections

Version of It Happened One Night (1934)

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Soundtracks

"I'll Remember April"
(uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Don Raye and Gene de Paul
Sung by Ann Miller

User Reviews

It's Okay to Take a Bite

Over-worked radio star Eve Porter (Miller) escapes celebrity whirlwind by falling into cross- country car of reporter Ward Williams (Wright) who mistakes her for a serial killer. Hi-jinks ensue, along with several songs.

Ann Miller starred in a number of these low-budget wartime musicals. All that I've seen are entertaining and sprightly, thanks to her general sparkle and likability, and I expect all made money— (Columbia knew what it was doing). This one is not front rank—the songs are undistinguished and without Ann's trademark toe-tapping zip. The romance, however, is a cute mix-up where Ward mistakes Eve for a serial killer, of all things. Wright is an obscure leading man who unfortunately died young (38). Here, he makes a good reporter but rather bland male lead for the lively Miller.

One notable feature—the hair-do's of that time. I'm wondering how long it took the ladies to coif all their hair into the elaborate buns and curls that Ann, for one, sports. I don't think there's been any style quite like it since. Anyway, someone at Columbia deserved a bonus for the cutest movie title of the year, one I certainly couldn't resist.