Moon Over Miami (1941)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Walter Lang

Writers:

Stephen Powys (play)
George Seaton (adaptation) ...

Release Date:

4 July 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Sisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands. Much singing and dancing including the number "You Started Something".

Plot Keywords:

Texas | Sister | Deception | Inheritance | Miami Florida

Cast

Don Ameche	...	Phil O'Neil (Credits) / Phil 'Mac' McNeil (in Film)
Betty Grable	...	Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams
Robert Cummings	...	Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton II
Carole Landis	...	Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears
Jack Haley	...	Jack O'Hara
Charlotte Greenwood	...	Aunt Susan 'Sue' Latimer
Cobina Wright	...	Connie Fentress (as Cobina Wright Jr.)
Lynne Roberts	...	Jennie May
Robert Conway	...	Mr. Lester
George Lessey	...	William 'Willie' Boulton
Jack Cole & Co.	...	Themselves, a Specialty
Robert Greig	...	Brearley, Boulton's Butler
Minor Watson	...	Mr. Jim Reynolds
Fortunio Bonanova	...	Mr. Pretto, the Hotel Manager
George Humbert	...	Texas Tommy Cafe Proprietor

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G | Iceland:L | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #7217)

Filming Locations:

Cypress Gardens - 2600 S. Lake Summit Drive, Winter Haven, Florida, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The play originally opened in London, England, UK on 26 April 1938.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Susan hands Jack a jar of her famous guacamole sauce, the contents of jar are bright red - not green, as an avocado-based sauce would actually be.

Quotes:

Phil O'Neil: Let's see what do we want? We want you, the juice of the grape and a good hot dance band.
Jeffrey Bolton: But right now we'll settle for those potato chips and cheese.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Biography: Betty Grable: Behind the Pin-up" (1995)

Soundtrack:

I've Got You All To Myself

Bouncy, Joyous Delight!

MGM is always the studio that film historians gush about for turning out great musicals. Unfairly snubbed is 20th Century Fox that used the richest, most brilliant color composition in the rainbow for its unforgettable string of Technicolor sundae delights starring Bette Grable. "Moon Over Miami" begins with the bouncy, adorable Texas Tommy Hamburger Drive-in sequence where Grable and Carole Landis show off their figures and talents. Quickly, the action shifts to a long gone Miami of l940 where people actually dressed up in stunning gowns and frocks by Travis Banton. Grable is unusually great looking in her gray ensemble trimmed in fur and she and Landis and Charlotte Greenwood prance around to "Oh, Me, Oh Mi-Ami!" Other fantastic numbers follow, showcasing Grable at her verviest--like her tap dance routine to "You Started Something," then onto "I've Got You All to Myself" and maybe the best, "Conga to a Nursery Rhyme." Banton's costumes, shimmering photography by Leroy Shamroy, electrifying charisma of Grable and the very hunky Don Ameche (who surprises with an outstanding singing vocie), all help make "Moon Over Miami" a sheer delight. Also, dig the decor of the fancy hotel suites, night clubs, the mansions.