Tuesday, September 6, 2011

I'll Get By (1950)


Twentieth Century-Fox
Directed by Richard Sale
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)

Remake of Tin Pan Alley from just ten years earlier, in Technicolor with new songs. William Lundigan is the ambitious music publisher who lets business get in the way of pleasure. June Haver and Gloria DeHaven are the aspiring nightclub duo the Martin Sisters, who prefer rich men over true love. Lundigan and company make millions on hit songs and expand westward to Hollywood. However, romance takes a back seat to war. The lovers meet up and reconcile in a contrived happy ending on VE Day during a USO performance. Harry James steals the show as far as I am concerned!

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