In between her contracts with Universal and MGM Jane Powell starred in this independent musical picture Delightfully Dangerous. Jane is about as dangerous as my cat, but the film is an easy to take musical with Powell doing her best to be a junior Deanna Durbin.
In fact she and Gloria Jean were both signed as backup sopranos for Durbin, but the folks at Universal decided they had one soprano too many and with the studio now carried by Abbott&Costello they let Powell go which was one lucky break for her because MGM signed her right up. Louis B. Mayer never met a soprano he didn't like.
Jane's got a Durbin like part in this United Artists release, she's the younger sister of Constance Moore who has told her she's in a musical show. What Moore didn't say was that she was in burlesque as the famous 'Bubbles Barton' and has left Jane to imagine that she's a bit more than a burlesque queen.
It's quite a shock when Jane and friend Ruth Tobey run away from school to New York and meet up with Moore baring the legal limit. Of course with the help of Broadway producer Ralph Bellamy everything gets worked out in the end as both Moore and Powell appear in a Strauss operetta that gets revived with a bit of swing. Arthur Treacher plays Bellamy's butler (what else) and Louise Beavers is Moore's maid. When the households blend those two should make it interesting.
Hunt Stromberg who produced several films at MGM including MacDonald/Eddy musicals produced this film and he sure must have missed those lavish MGM budgets. Still those that Jane Powell certainly had a bright future awaiting her at Leo the Lion's den.
In fact she and Gloria Jean were both signed as backup sopranos for Durbin, but the folks at Universal decided they had one soprano too many and with the studio now carried by Abbott&Costello they let Powell go which was one lucky break for her because MGM signed her right up. Louis B. Mayer never met a soprano he didn't like.
Jane's got a Durbin like part in this United Artists release, she's the younger sister of Constance Moore who has told her she's in a musical show. What Moore didn't say was that she was in burlesque as the famous 'Bubbles Barton' and has left Jane to imagine that she's a bit more than a burlesque queen.
It's quite a shock when Jane and friend Ruth Tobey run away from school to New York and meet up with Moore baring the legal limit. Of course with the help of Broadway producer Ralph Bellamy everything gets worked out in the end as both Moore and Powell appear in a Strauss operetta that gets revived with a bit of swing. Arthur Treacher plays Bellamy's butler (what else) and Louise Beavers is Moore's maid. When the households blend those two should make it interesting.
Hunt Stromberg who produced several films at MGM including MacDonald/Eddy musicals produced this film and he sure must have missed those lavish MGM budgets. Still those that Jane Powell certainly had a bright future awaiting her at Leo the Lion's den.