Academy Awards, USA 1942
| Nominated Oscar | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Edward Cronjager |
| Best Music, Original Song Harry Warren (music) Mack Gordon (lyrics)
For the song "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
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| Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture Emil Newman |
Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
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A swing band lands a job at the famous winter resort in Idaho. Their pianist, John Payne, falls for sultry singer Lynn Bari. His romance is interrupted by the arrival of Sonja Henie, whom he "adopts" as a refugee from Norway. Henie immediately sets her eyes on Payne as the man she is going to marry and does everything possible to get him. Incredibly, it works. The music is great, with Glenn Miller's band performing Chattanooga Choo Choo and impressive dance direction by Hermes Pan. However, it's not enough to overcome the juvenile romance between Henie and Payne.
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