I have to agree with one of the people who posted, that 20th Century Fox musicals are overlooked due to the expensive, soft-toned family musicals of MGM. It's a shame, because there was nothing more fun than a Fox musical and the Fox cover pallet.In this film, Betty Grable and Carole Landis play sisters, who with their aunt, work at a Texas diner when they learn they've inherited money. It doesn't come out to a lot, but the gals take off for Florida so that Kay (Grable) can find a millionaire husband. Her sister Barbara (Landis) poses as her secretary.Before long, pretty Kay has a couple of men on her dance card - Phil McNeil (Don Ameche) and Jeffrey Boulton II (Robert Cummings).As others have mentioned, the costumes are exceptionally beautiful, and the movie was shot all over Florida, accounting for some beautiful scenery. The songs are tuneful, and the film is highly entertaining.It's such a talented cast - Fox gets a bad rap for its lightweight film stars, but they were some of the most popular stars in films, particularly Betty Grable, who was probably THE most popular for a time. Landis is beautiful and delightful, and Charlotte Greenwood is very funny.This was a good film for Cummings, who was always excellent in comedy, and the smooth Ameche, whose light tenor is put to good use here.One thing about Fox musicals, they were always fun, feel-good movies. Perfect for times like these.

This story starts out with Betty Grable,(Kathryn Latimer), Carole Landis, (Barbara Latimer),"I Wake Up Screaming" working in a Texas curb service hamburger joint with their aunt Sue Latimer,(Charlottle Greenwood) as the cook in the kitchen. They receive a letter telling them they have inherited $55,000. dollars, but after taxes they receive only $4,000. dollars and decide they had enough of their jobs in Texas and Kathryn wants to go to Miami, Florida and find some very rich men. When they all arrive in Miami, they meet up with Jeffrey Boulton,(Robert Cummings) who is a very wealthy man and takes a great liking for Kathryn. However, Kathryn also becomes very interested in Phil O'Neil, (Don Ameche) There is plenty of musical singing and great dancing and the photography in Silver Springs, Florida and other places in Florida are outstanding. Carole Landis looked very young and very charming in her role and Betty Grable proved she was the Pin UP Girl of the 1940's and the wife of Harry James, the trumpet player.

While MGM is remembered as the `studio for musicals,' it should be remembered that most MGM musicals prior to `The Wizard of OZ' were pretty horrible. Even after `OZ' (a flop in its first release), MGM cranked out its musicals on the cheap, usually in Black and White, until about 1944, when upstart Samuel Goldwyn studios started cranking out the Technicolor Danny Kaye's that MGM relented and began producing good, sometimes great color musicals. While Columbia, Paramount, Warner Bros and (especially) RKO regularly made wonderful musicals, until 1944, only 20th Century-Fox almost always made them in Technicolor. `Moon Over Miami' is one of these, and its pluses and minuses pretty much parallel those of the other Fox musicals.Let's start with the minuses, since there are far more of them. The plot, even for a musical, is pretty shopworn and threadbare (of course, this didn't stop Fox from using it again several times). Two sisters (Betty Grable, Carole Landis) and their aunt (Charlotte Greenwood) head to Miami with the goal of using their small inheritance to trap a millionaire husband for Grable. Landis poses as Grable's secretary and Greenwood as Grable's maid. Once settled into luxury resort, Grable maneuvers herself into courtships with not one, but two, millionaires (Robert Cummings and Don Ameche). Cummings is silly, as usual; Ameche struggles the best he can with a unbelievable role. For example, upon first meeting Grable, Ameche (apparently suffering from a hangover and lack of sleep), shows no interest in Grable, and is surly and insulting to boot. A nanosecond later, Ameche, wide awake and clear head, is dancing with Grable, singing a laughingly terrible love song. In fact, all the songs in `Moon Over Miami' are terrible. That this film is over 60 years old is no excuse. Even some musicals with no good songs at least had good dancing. The dancing on display in `Moon Over Miami' is stagey. While beautiful, Landis lacks the charm and animation to carry her pivotal role as Grable's sister.Now the pluses. Even playing her stock character, Charlotte Greenwood is always fun. As a dancer, she had one trick: kicking her legs nearly to her shoulder, SIDEWAYS. That never ceases to amaze me. The costumes and location scenery are gorgeous as is the Technicolor. Nevertheless, the best thing about a Betty Grable musical has ALWAYS been Betty Grable. Grable was for the `big' boys what Shirley Temple was for the `little boys'. More than any other actress of her generation, Grable could be pretty, spunky, charming, sensuous, wholesome, sexy AND accessible (i.e., the `girl next door'). While lacking the singing or dancing talents of Betty Hutton, Judy Garland or Ginger Rogers, Grable also lacked Hutton's bombast, Garland's neurosis and Rogers' cynicism. I endured this movie, successfully fighting every urge to `fast forward' just to watch Betty Grable.I recommend this movie to the following types of people, only:o Older couples who stubbornly believe `They don't make ‘em like THAT anymore.' o Younger people who've never seen Technicolor except in "The Wizard of OZ." o Present or potential fans of Betty Grable; I hope there will be a growing number of the latter.

One of my favorite Betty Grable films! Beautiful scenery, beautiful songs and excellent choreography! Betty's costumes were really stunning and I wonder if the studio used a different designer for this film. It's all about losing out on an inheritance for the two Latimer sisters and their Aunt Susan because of taxes, so the three take off for Miami so Betty can find a millionaire husband. As usual, Betty doesn't have any trouble finding a man and that is when all the fun starts. They have a great time and so will you when you watch this film.