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Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. He arranges for her to move to Hollywood, but then has a problem trying to sell her to the show's sponsor. Doug tries every trick he can think of to make Martha a star, and as the two work more closely, he falls in love with her. Complicating matters further is when Martha meets and becomes attracted to Garry.
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Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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Warner Bros.' Love-Time Musical!
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Trivia
After nearly 10 years,
Harry Warren, on loan from MGM, returned to write new songs for a Warner Bros. musical.(
Ralph Blane was the lyricist.) For old time's sake, the score interpolated three
Harry Warren standards for
Doris Day to sing: "Nagasaki," lyrics by
Mort Dixon; "I'll String Along with You," original lyrics by
Al Dubin, "lullaby" lyrics by
Ralph Blane; and "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," lyrics by
Johnny Mercer. This film was a remake of
Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934), which had featured, among the tunes by Warren and Dubin, "I'll String Along with You," sung first as a
Dick Powell solo, then as a duet by Mr. Powell and
Ginger Rogers. For her disc on Columbia Records,
Doris Day teamed with
Buddy Clark to croon "I'll String Along with You."
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Goofs
As Gary and Martha begin to sit in their booth following their duet at the Cocoanut Grove, the bottle of champagne is unopened and pointing away from the table and their glasses are empty. As the camera cuts to them sitting down, the bottle is opened, pointing towards the table, and their glasses are filled.
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Quotes
Doug Blake:
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Doug has just sprung a little boy as an unexpected new roommate on Vi, whose apartment management does not allow children or pets]
Vi, isn't he wonderful?
Vivian Martin:
Yeah, cutest little lease-breaker I ever saw. Where's his mother?
Doug Blake:
She's downstairs, she wasn't sure how you'd take this.
Vivian Martin:
Yeah I'll bet.
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Soundtracks
Hooray for Hollywood
Music by
Richard A. Whiting
Played during the opening sequence
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In the late forties Warner Brothers brought out three glossy Technicolor comedies with songs starring Jack Carson which served to introduce to an appreciative public the fresh-faced charm of the young Doris Day before she was a virgin. Ms Day had already been promoted to second billing by the time she made 'My Dream is Yours', which was the second, and by far the least, of this trio; which has a very thin storyline and at 101 minutes is frankly too long, but is so packed with goodies you'll still have a good time.
Even if you're not a fan of Doris's singing (my own favourite of her numbers in this film was the brief hula 'Nagasaki' number) there's Carson himself and a dream supporting cast including Eve Arden with a number of killer quips while wearing a number of killer outfits, Edgar Kennedy (in his last film), Franklin Pangborn, and even Bugs Bunny and Tweety Pie; although fourth-billed Adolphe Menjou (who gets less screen time than 'Cuddles' Sakall) is frankly wasted.
No expense seems to have been spared on the studio scenes, while the second unit have provided a fascinating record of the Los Angeles of the period (including the Brown Derby and Schwab's Drug Store), all in Technicolor!!