Star Hedy Lamarr falls in love with George Nader and overwhelms him. Little does she know that her daughter, Jane Powell, is already his girlfriend.
It's a tawdry sex story without sex, even if Miss Lamarr wears expensive-looking jewelry in every scene. She looks utterly gorgeous and speaks her lines well in this, her last movie. Miss Powell's career was also on the downslide, and had been since she had left MGM three years earlier. The movie musical was out of favor, even if the Freed unit released GIGI and won the Best Picture Oscar. She would make one more picture in 1958, and then four more in the final quarter of the 20th Century, more stunt casting than serious work.
Although there is lots of onscreen glamor, largely provided by Russell Metty's keylit cinematography, it all comes off as a sad end to a couple of good careers. Universal and producer Albert Zugsmith try to use their stars, caught on the cheap, to buttress a sad script. Alas, they simply reveal the sadness of the declining industry.
It's a tawdry sex story without sex, even if Miss Lamarr wears expensive-looking jewelry in every scene. She looks utterly gorgeous and speaks her lines well in this, her last movie. Miss Powell's career was also on the downslide, and had been since she had left MGM three years earlier. The movie musical was out of favor, even if the Freed unit released GIGI and won the Best Picture Oscar. She would make one more picture in 1958, and then four more in the final quarter of the 20th Century, more stunt casting than serious work.
Although there is lots of onscreen glamor, largely provided by Russell Metty's keylit cinematography, it all comes off as a sad end to a couple of good careers. Universal and producer Albert Zugsmith try to use their stars, caught on the cheap, to buttress a sad script. Alas, they simply reveal the sadness of the declining industry.