Review of It's a Great Feeling

Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan play themselves as two egotistical movie stars arguing over the direction of their latest film-project, later attempting to make an actress out of bumpkin-waitress Doris Day. This was Doris' third film, and it forces her to overdo her freckle-faced, tomboyish sweetness (she has energy to spare, but the role itself is unctuous). Many famous faces from the Warner Bros. stable appear in cameos, some of which are awkward (Ronald Reagan, Errol Flynn), others very amusing (Joan Crawford once remarked this was one of her favorite film appearances!). Overall, pretty flimsy, interesting to movie-buffs only as a curio. Title song was Oscar-nominated, though "Blame My Absent-Minded Heart" (beautifully essayed by Day) is the music standout. ** from ****