I had never heard of this film or seen it when it was released in 1950. I saw it on a movie channel and found it so refreshing with a most memorable and familiar score. Too many musicals of that era have all the songs written by one composer and lyricist and most of them are forgettable. It was great to see the talented cast performing so many familiar songs from that time. What an array of classic standards that recall many memories and provoke the cliché, "They don't write songs like that anymore." My favorite musical decade was the 1940's. There were so many great songs in the movies of that decade that each year the Academy Awards nominated 10 songs for the annual Oscar. Lawrence Welk once did a show titled, "Songs that didn't win the Oscar" and you would be surprised at the great songs that didn't win. In contrast, the Academy today nominates only five songs and in recent years they couldn't even find that many to nominate. I would recommend that people see this film if only to hear the music of an era. June Haver, Gloria DeHaven and Dennis Day do justice to the songs they are given and confirm that such melodies never die. I also enjoyed the surprise cameo appearances of Jeanne Crain, Victor Mature, Dan Dailey and Reginald Gardiner. If you seek a light musical with many memorable songs, I urge you to see "I'll Get By."
Review of I'll Get By
