A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.
Irving Bacon
- First Reporter
- (uncredited)
Juliette Ball
- Black Native
- (uncredited)
Harry Barris
- Master of Ceremonies
- (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Hillary Brooke
- Wife
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Gene Cale
- Dancer at the 'Fuddy Duddy'
- (uncredited)
Ben Carter
- Joe Brown
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe song "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay/Ray" was not written by Henry Gordon Thayer at all; he heard it performed in a speakeasy by an African-American performer called Mama Lou. After taking down the notes and lyrics, he sanitized the words as much as possible and published it as his own. The song was later the subject of a copyright battle in the courtroom and was declared to be in the public domain, meaning anybody can use it.
- Quotes
Pete Hamilton: With your charm and my conniving, there's nothing to worry about.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Featured review
Poor script and direction sabotoge the performers
This mediocre film mostly wastes the comic talents of the cast. It's instructive to compare the terrific comic performances of Bracken, Vallee, and Hutton in Preston Stuges films, and their so-so or worse performances here -- few laughs, no wit. Vallee especially is a completely charmless oaf in this film, while he is very funny and charming in a very similar role in The Palm Beach Story. Eric Blore is completely wasted, given almost nothing to do and is photographed in partial shadow in a couple of shots.
There are a couple of good songs, Murder She Says, a Hutton classic with lyrics by Frank Loesser, and Let's Get Lost, a pleasant ballad that has had a modest life beyond this film.
Mary Martin does a good job with her songs, she's energetic and sings as well as she did in her later Broadway shows. But she's a bit weak on charisma and star quality. Dick Powell is competent, but seems bored. It's no wonder that both stars were dropped by Paramount or visa versa soon after this movie. Of course that worked out great, as Martin and Powell did their best work in the years that followed.
Interesting that one of the reviewers here mentioned this movie might have been orignially written as a Crosby-Hope Road picture. I can really understand that that might have been the case.
There are a couple of good songs, Murder She Says, a Hutton classic with lyrics by Frank Loesser, and Let's Get Lost, a pleasant ballad that has had a modest life beyond this film.
Mary Martin does a good job with her songs, she's energetic and sings as well as she did in her later Broadway shows. But she's a bit weak on charisma and star quality. Dick Powell is competent, but seems bored. It's no wonder that both stars were dropped by Paramount or visa versa soon after this movie. Of course that worked out great, as Martin and Powell did their best work in the years that followed.
Interesting that one of the reviewers here mentioned this movie might have been orignially written as a Crosby-Hope Road picture. I can really understand that that might have been the case.
helpful•00
- pacificgroove-315-494931
- Jun 2, 2024
Details
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content