This is an above average musical for Monroe/Mansfield rival Mamie Van Doren who is actually a talented singer, a fairly decent actress and quite likeable. Van Doren travels with the rodeo and sings at local dives, and after her ample figure attracts a lusty tavern owner, she finds herself traveling along side her rescuer (Jeff Richards), a rodeo performer, who on the surface seems like a big brother to her which she finds disappointing. Usually in films like this, the femme fatale is a Diana Dors/Barbara Payton type sexpot, but that job goes to the brunette Carol Ohmart, a bored rich girl who has her sites set on Richards herself. Van Doren wonders what is wrong with her that he hasn't fallen in love with her, but what you see on screen isn't exactly what the leading man is feeling.
The amusing novelty number, "You Gotta Separate the Men from the Boys" is obviously influenced by the styling of Mae West, and Van Doren is actually quite funny in her interpretation. This is actually really surprisingly pleasant with only one cat fight between Ohmart and Van Doren (actually just Van Doren pushing her into a swimming pool), and very sweet, especially when Van Doren, Richards and the grizzly Arthur Hunnicutt spend time at the home of a friendly Mexican family. Van Doren sings the title song and a few other amusing songs extremely pleasantly. The title implies a different theme (just like the other rodeo film, "The Lusty Men"), so what this ends up being really makes it a nice second feature with lots of pleasant moments.
The amusing novelty number, "You Gotta Separate the Men from the Boys" is obviously influenced by the styling of Mae West, and Van Doren is actually quite funny in her interpretation. This is actually really surprisingly pleasant with only one cat fight between Ohmart and Van Doren (actually just Van Doren pushing her into a swimming pool), and very sweet, especially when Van Doren, Richards and the grizzly Arthur Hunnicutt spend time at the home of a friendly Mexican family. Van Doren sings the title song and a few other amusing songs extremely pleasantly. The title implies a different theme (just like the other rodeo film, "The Lusty Men"), so what this ends up being really makes it a nice second feature with lots of pleasant moments.