From the first time I saw it on t.b.s in black and white to later the flat technicolor print,what did I think of the 3D version? gorgeous.The re-creation of the stereo sound was good.The quality of it was a good as the white Christmas stereo sound track.There are different recording styles.The original three soundtrack of the 3D Kiss Me Kate,the dialog went to the left ,right and center along with the sound effects and music,but,this is the original sound track ,not simulation.In this stereo re-creation,I don't know how they were able to re-create it if the multi sound track was missing,the dialog mostly stayed in the center,while the music and special effects,went left to right right to left.Occasionally the dialog would go on the left side ,when Jean Parker, off Camera. lets Gene know about the death of Frank Wilcox,playing Mr.Edmond,that reminds Gene he has to tell Rhonda Fleming and the rest of the family of the old mans death.Another scene where the dialog of Gene Barry voice goes on the left as he enter to another room,where he trying to look for John Kellogg,who killed Rhonda's fathers,then another scene when some of the dogs barking goes on to the left of center but most of the dialog stays in the center.This is probably the way it was recorded.That news paper going straight to the cameras,one of the Strothers sisters,in there song number on the boat,where she coaxes the a passenger to do this,still looks silly.The boat scene where it's floating down the right.The water is inward and the boat is outward ,but, that might have been cause by a technical problem in the camera,at the time.This last a few seconds.The scene in which Agnes Moorehead and her family just arrived in Yukon.When some one shoots a bullet into a wine barrel and the wine come out of the screen,that's effective.When the Yukon dogs pulling the sled goes out to the camera.The scene when the sled was taking the family to Dodson,it looks like the back ground,behind the sled, was a rear screen projector with a flat film for a back ground making the scene less 3d.There was a lot of cheese cake sexiness in this.Teresa Brewer rehearsal for the number,"Baby ,in 3d she looked sexy,but the actual number in 3d ,it was wonderful.That is my favorite number in the film .The acting from Teresa and Guy was good ,since this was there first film.For a low budget film it was pretty good.Barry Nelson was a leading man contract player for paramount,in that period played a bad guy who was not so bad, Johnny Kisco, is good.Although Rhonda Fleming was frustrated that she did not have a music number,her role as the eldest daughter was genuine.That Agnes Moor head who played the prudish mother ,who tries to over protect one of the younger Strothers sisters,is good. In the restoration of the movie ,in the menu,it showed the optical print had become bad where the color would become green tint to orange tint to purple.I thought Technicolor had stable metallic dies,unless this was Eastman color print.Worth collecting and if it available for rent in 3D Blu-ray.com, I think that what the name is ,worth renting. 05/23/17

From one perspective, essentially a rip off of the prior Judy Garland-starring "The Harvey Girls", which was sited in Arizona, while this one was sited primarily in Skagway Alaska and Dawson City, Yukon Territory, although it was actually filmed at Paramount Studios. "The Harvey Girls" was based on a historical group known as the Harvey Girls, whereas the present film has no historical basis. In both films, we have a group of women, mostly marriageable straight-laced girls, who come into a frontier town, where most of the women are employed in a saloon. Pretty soon, they find themselves at odds with the co-proprietors of the saloon. In both films, the lesser proprietor takes drastic steps to encourage them to leave or tone down their antagonistic attitude. In both cases, part of this defense includes burning down part or all of the girl's work place. In both films, the leading lady has a love/hate relationship with the primary saloon proprietor, beginning mostly with hate and ending up mostly love, according to standard formula. In "The Harvey Girls", the girls run a sober restaurant, which is meant to compete with the saloon for customers. In the present film, the women eventually run the local newspaper that their father/husband died for, at the hands of the lesser saloon proprietor.Among other things, this film can be considered a musical, featuring 5 songs, we having 5 professional singers. Best remembered of these singers is Teresa Brewer, who participates in 3 of the songs. "Baby, Baby, Baby" is a solo, done on stage in Dawson. Early on, she sings and frolics around her bedroom in a fancy outfit to "Mr. Banjo Man". Later, Rhonda Fleming, and the older of The Bell Sisters singing group, join Teresa in singing and frolicking around. I will remember this scene long after I've forgotten the other scenes in this film. Teresa also took turns with Guy Mitchell in singing "I Guess it was You all the Time", on stage. Guy had a solo on stage with "Chick-a-Boom". On the boat from Seattle to Skagway, the Bell Sisters entertained the passengers singing and frolicking to "Take Back Your Gold". They sounded exactly like the Andrew Sisters, to me, in spite of having one less singer. Unfortunately, this was Teresa's only Hollywood film, and one of only two appearances for The Bell Sisters. Teresa was offered a film contract, but decided her singing career and growing family was more important. Latter, she would second guess this decision. She certainly had the all around talent and looks to be a big film star.Gene Barry played Johnny Kisco, chief saloon proprietor, while John Kellogg played Mike Yurkil, his partner and main badman of the film. Guy Mitchell played Joe, who worked for Johnny until the animosity between the Edmonds women and the saloon personnel escalated. He and Connie had formed a romantic attachment, so he decided to work for their newspaper. Agnes Moorehead played Mrs. Edmonds. Along with 3 of her 4 daughters, she had reddish or red-brown hair. Nell was a blond, as well as appearing to be younger than the others. She failed to warn the other girls of the arrival of their mother, thus one said "You can't trust a blond". Frank Wilcox played Vance Edmonds, who was only present for a short time before being executed by Yurkil. Walter Reed plays Whitey, who buys the Klondike Club from Johnny, after the latter got tired of being written up in the newspaper for doing bad things. He decided to take a boat for Fairbanks, where Yurkil was reported to have gone. He wanted to have Yurkil arrested for murder and arson. But, remember Yurkil was now in a US territory, whereas he committed these crimes in a Canadian territory. Strange that Yurkil's new partner in Fairbanks tells Johnny where Yurkil has wandered off to, after Johnny tells him why he wants to see Yurkil. Socks him on the chin to knock him out, so it looks like he made his partner tell him Yurkil's location.In summary, I see this as an interesting musical drama, with a few continuity and reality problems. It's especially valued as a unique chance to see Teresa Brewer sing, frolic, and act.

Paramount's Dollar Bills, William Pine and William Thomas continued putting out films in the Fifties as they did in the Forties for Paramount's B picture unit. Only they were given a bit more bucks to play with and some bigger stars in the Fifties. For Those Redheads From Seattle they got not only color, but also 3-D making it the first musical released in 3-D.With some elements of The Harvey Girls as part of the story, Pine-Thomas could have used some better songs for the score. I noted that several different writers contributed to this one. Usually you have only one team, maybe an interpolation from another writer for the score. But in Those Redheads From Seattle it was all original material. It was like some various songwriting teams just opened the trunk for some unused material and sold it to Paramount.As one of those redheads is Rhonda Fleming who is the oldest of Agnes Moorehead's four daughters who have come to the city of Dawson in the Klondike Gold Rush you certainly have the redhead covered. Agnes is a redhead her and so are Teresa Brewer and the Bell Sisters except one of them is a blond and wonders how she got in this family. No exceptions were allowed in the Day Family in Life With Father. They got a last letter from their husband and father who ran the newspaper in Dawson and is leading a fight to clean up the bad elements in Dawson. Then one of those bad elements plugs Frank Wilcox, but not before his family has pulled up from Seattle to join him. Another of those bad elements is the owner of the largest gambling palace in Dawson Gene Barry. He's thought of as the one responsible for Wilcox no longer being among the living. He has the whole film to prove himself innocent and gain one of the daughters as a bride.Taking care of the musical chores are Guy Mitchell who sings in Barry's establishment and Teresa Brewer who would like to. Nothing here that stands out in the score. 3-D was also used by MGM for Kiss Me Kate. If you can see that in 3-D I'd recommend it before Those Redheads From Seattle.

The attractive thing about this movie is the presence of Teresa Brewer, in her only film. So if you're a fan this is a must see. Secondly, how often do you judge a musical as a great movie in itself? The plot is usually there to support the music and the stars. That's the way I look at it, so I'm not hard on it. I know there are fans of Rhonda Fleming too, and the other stars. They appear attractive in color and the music is fine, especially when Teresa is on stage as a showgirl singing Baby Baby Baby. That was a hit for her that year. The Bell Sisters sing one, and so does Guy Mitchell. Teresa also sings Mr Banjo Man and a duet with Guy of It Must Have Been You All The Time. This film has recently been prepared for a 3-D video release that has not occurred, and there have been a couple of limited theatrical preview showings recently. Never been on video. Can be seen online in some places or as a TV recording. As of 2017 there is a DVD and Bluray 3D release. Better get yours before they are out of stock.