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| Adolphe Menjou | ... | Wagner | |
| George Murphy | ... | Gordon Miller | |
| Frank Sinatra | ... | Glenn Russell | |
| Gloria DeHaven | ... | Christine Marlowe | |
| Walter Slezak | ... | Joe Gribble | |
| Eugene Pallette | ... | Simon Jenkins | |
| Wally Brown | ... | Binion | |
| Alan Carney | ... | Harry | |
| Grant Mitchell | ... | Dr. Gibbs | |
| Anne Jeffreys | ... | Miss Abbott | |
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Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen Russell, whose dramatic play he thinks Miller is producing, arrives. But it turns out Russell can sing like Sinatra, and Miller has leading lady Christine turn on the charm. Can Miller's crazed machinations save the show? Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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22 January 1945 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Amor, Música e Sarilhos See more »Company Credits
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Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Performed by Anne Jeffreys
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This is a remake of the Marx Brothers movie "Room Service". See more »Goofs
In the opening scene in the hotel lobby, there are three consecutive shots of a bellboy carrying a stack of packages where the position of the flowers sticking out of a long package reverses from shot to shot. See more »Soundtracks
WHY MUST THERE BE AN OP'NING SONG?Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Performed by Anne Jeffreys
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STEP LIVELY is a vast improvement over Sinatra's HIGHER AND HIGHER at RKO, but that's hardly a big compliment. Nevertheless, it's a more enjoyable romp with some good work from others in the cast, including GEORGE MURPHY and GLORIA DeHAVEN, but much of the comedy is played so broadly that it seems forced at times.
Based on "Room Service", a comedy starring the Marx Bros. and based on a stage play, it's about a nervous hyperactive producer (Murphy) who wants to put on a show and is encouraged when he finds a talented writer/singer (Sinatra). The trouble is he can't pay his hotel bill and is constantly being badgered for money by WALTER SLEZAK and ADOLPHE MENJOU who don't want him to hold rehearsals for a new show in a penthouse suite.
It's a broad farce and is played for non-stop zaniness by the entire cast, but the constant shouting by Murphy and Menjou becomes tiresome after the first half-hour. ANNE JEFFREYS has a thankless role as a young lady who is only interested in having EUGENE Palette back the show because she's got a crush on Sinatra once she hears him sing.
The songs themselves don't make much of an impression, but are handled suitably by Sinatra and GLORIA DeHAVEN. It's no more then a B-musical with some A-sets for the hotel settings and production numbers.
Sinatra is his casual self in a role that makes no great demands of him except to sing on cue, but everyone else is given to extravagant bits of overacting. His best number is "As Long As There's Music", but it's a good thing he was soon grabbed by MGM for ANCHORS AWEIGH.