Accidentally erased my review again. Have to be succinct. Mesmerizing footage of the Glenn Miller orchestra. I watched this movie for the great Cesar Romero--didn't know I'd stumbled upon treasure beyond wildest dreams. Horn sections, drummer, the sax and trumpet solos, a French horn! Danced to Glenn Miller records in the junior high gym, but i wasn't hip to what i was listening to. So, taking the corny plot and script for what they are, I live for Cesar Romero delivering his lines, and then whoa! It's young Jackie Gleason and Harry Morgan--two more smart, cool actors. (George Montgomery not so bad either--given the silly plot.) And the music keeps coming--until, when I can hardly stand any more heat, The Nicholas Brothers!!!! Where did these guys come from? Where have I been all my life? So I said "8 stars" instead of 7. Just for these two gentlemen who get pulled out at the end--like magic.

Great music and a lightweight story add up to a pleasant diversion. The professional actors like Ann Rutherford, Carole Landis and Cesar Romero all give enjoyable performances. Also a great movie for familiar faces that were just starting out like Jackie Gleason and Harry Morgan to pop in and disappear. Marion Hutton, Betty's sister, shows up as one of the band's singers and the resemblance is striking. As for Glenn Miller, as an actor he was a wonderful band leader and Tex Beneke who plays one of the husbands had a beautiful voice and a face just made for radio. None of it really matters at all though whenever the boys pick up their instruments and play it's magic.

Delightful movie but dated. The music of Glen Miller is the main star of this interesting and entertaining period piece. The cast of this movie include three performers who were to become superstars, Dale Evans, Jackie Gleason and Harry Morgan. Interesting to watch them when they were relative unknowns. I wonder what Harry Morgan would have said if he was told that 35 years later he would be a nationally known star in a television sitcom. The cast was wonderful. Ann Rutherford and George Montgomery had that special chemistry and the ladies, Mary Beth Hughes, Virginia Gilmore, Carole Landis and the beautiful Lynn Bari were beautiful, charming ... and naughty. Hey, what's a girl supposed to do when her husband musician is on the road and playing before ... women? And let's not forget the incomparable and always classy Cesar Romero and the incredible dance number performed by the Nicholas Brothers. Their act alone makes this movie worth watching. So if you are looking for some light entertainment featuring 1940s jazz numbers and snappy dialog, then this is the movie for you. Bravo to Archie Mayo.

This is a pretty entertaining movie and a nice surprise for those of us for whom Glenn Miller was "before their time" (though some of the songs are certainly familiar). Ann Rutherford is a beauty. The script, about the ins and outs of life on the road, has a few flat spots but is mostly snappy enough to carry the film between musical numbers. It's not a rah-rah script either; it's closer in spirit to a '30s gold-digger musical than a '40s family musical. We get to see how Glenn Miller and the band performed. Miller is a wooden actor (to put it mildly) but he only has a few lines so it doesn't bog things down. The musical numbers are great, and the actors assigned to band roles all do a nice job of playing "air" along with the band. Of note is the excellent camera work in the musical numbers. There's a long music-free bit in the last third of the film but the finale picks it up again at the end.Some points of interest: Marion Hutton (Betty's older, prettier, less frantic sister) sings on the opening and closing numbers. There's an amazing athletic tap number from the Nicholas Brothers, who also sing in a jazz style. And Carole Landis (one of those young stars with a tragic end) is good in her light comic role.