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24 May 1950 (Sweden) morePlot:
Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike's business, now a thriving dance hall in 1892 Chicago... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
Smart, funny dialogue and songs...but the casting works against the plot more (3 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Betty Grable | ... | Ruby Summers | |
| Victor Mature | ... | Andy Clark | |
| Phil Harris | ... | Mike Stanley | |
| Reginald Gardiner | ... | English Eddie | |
| James Barton | ... | Harrigan | |
| Barry Kelley | ... | Bouncer | |
| Margaret Hamilton | ... | Tillie Hutch | |
| Jacqueline Dalya | ... | Cleo | |
| Robin Raymond | ... | Jennie | |
| Hal K. Dawson | ... | Healy | |
| Dorothy Neumann | ... | Reformer | |
| Alexander Pope | ... | Charlie Saxe | |
| Henry Kulky | ... | Joe Barton | |
| Marie Bryant | ... | Elsa | |
| Collette Lyons | ... | Beulah |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Fun Stuff
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By declining to play Ruby Summers, Alice Faye passed up appearing on screen with her husband and then-radio co-star, Phil Harris. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: Ruby sings and dances "The Shimmy" (composed in 1917) before attending the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. moreSoundtrack:
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Remake of 1943's "Coney Island" (both starring Betty Grable!) has Victor Mature (in suits and straw hats) playing a hustler-showman conning old acquaintance Phil Harris into going in business together in 1890s Chicago. Seems nightclub owner Harris has scuffled with a rowdy drunk and believes he's killed him; Mature holds this over his head and steals his girl in the process! Screenwriter Charles Lederer has penned a great deal of smart, sassy patter (broken up every now and again by cute musical numbers), but he fumbles what little plot there is. Lederer also isn't helped by the casting: Phil Harris seems like such a genuinely nice guy (with a big, gregarious smile) that Mature comes off a bit cold-hearted by contrast (he's not the dashing romantic intended). Grable is very lively on stage and funny in a catfight scene with a showgirl; she keeps a heated temper throughout and gives the movie a good goosing. Also funny is Margaret Hamilton in small role as a crusader for decency (no one displays comic indignation better than Hamilton). Fox production values a bit low, although the trick photography during a ferris wheel sequence is well done and Harris has a funny bit there inadvertently proposing to a sailor. ** from ****