Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Eddie Bracken | ... | Herbie Fenton | |
Veronica Lake | ... | Dorothy Dodge | |
Diana Lynn | ... | Betty Miller | |
Cass Daley | ... | Fanny (Drummer) | |
Harry Parke | ... | Gus Palukas (as Parkyakarkus) | |
Donald MacBride | ... | J.C. Crawford | |
Florence Bates | ... | Harriet Pringle | |
Gary Crosby | ... | Gary Crosby, Kid in Audience | |
Phillip Crosby | ... | Philip Crosby, Kid in Audience | |
Dennis Crosby | ... | Dennis Crosby, Kid in Audience | |
Lindsay Crosby | ... | Lin Crosby, Kid in Audience (as Lin Crosby) | |
Don Wilson | ... | Radio Announcer | |
Mabel Paige | ... | Mrs. Robbins | |
Charles Smith | ... | Charlie Briggs | |
Irving Bacon | ... | Irving Krunk |
After struggling to become a success, Betty Miller and her all-girl orchestra finally hit pay dirt when crooner Herbie Fenton comes on board. Problems arise when Betty and her girls try to find backers to invest in Herbie and they sell 125 percent of him. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Diana Lynn's all-girl musical troupe is stuck in Pennsylvania. When she hears Eddie Bracken sing -- his voice is dubbed by Bing Crosby -- she figures this is her ticket to the big time, and puts him under contract for $50 a week. To finance her New York assault, she sells locals parts of his contract, adding up to 125% of his net earnings. Bracken is indeed a wild success, but every time he gets an offer, Miss Lynn winds up further in the hole.
It's a kitchen-sink musical comedy with a swipe at the bobby-soxers swooning for Frank Sinatra. It also has a lot of middling musical talent on view; they were big talents in 1945, but their luster has certainly faded. Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen contribute the title song and two others, and Hal Walker's debut as a director is sustained more by the specialty numbers than by the story or comedic talents of Bracken, Miss Lynn or second-billed Veronica Lake.