Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Higher and Higher (1943)


RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Tim Whelan
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)

Flighty musical about a chambermaid who gets passed off as a debutante in an attempt to attract a rich husband. The scheme is cooked up by a broke millionaire and his house servants. Michele Morgan is the girl who can't decide if she is in love with fellow servant Jack Haley or the crooner across the street Frank Sinatra. One thing for sure is she is not in love with the man she is set to marry. A gangly Frank looks uncomfortable in his first speaking role, even though he is playing himself. He gets to sing a lot of songs, though, including a final one among the clouds as the real lovers stroll into Heaven.

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