Academy Awards, USA 1943
| Nominee Oscar | Best Sound, Recording John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD) |
| Best Music, Original Song Jerome Kern (music) Johnny Mercer (lyrics) For the song "Dearly Beloved". | |
| Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture Leigh Harline |
Columbia Pictures
Directed by William A. Seiter
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Columbia TriStar)
Fred Astaire is a down and out gambler in Buenos Aires looking for a job as a dancer. He gets help from old pal Xavier Cugat who sets him up with the owner of the nightclub where his band is playing. Astaire is initially brushed up by the owner's cold daughter Rita Hayworth. Her father, intent on getting her married, sends her anonymous love letters, which she mistakenly believes were written by Astaire. Their romance blossoms until the truth comes out. The lovestruck Astaire finds a way to win her back. The usual impressive dancing notwithstanding, it collapses under the weight of the contrived romance. Hayworth seems to be in a daze.
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