It looks as though Fox and MGM thought nothing of re-doing their old musicals at respectable intervals. This one is a low-budget remake of Broadway MELODY ('29) and features LANA TURNER in a dancing role opposite dancing man GEORGE MURPHY. She gets to strut her stuff looking pretty gorgeous in all her youthful beauty.
But, of course, the story is the tired old one about two gals in show biz, one who makes it, one who doesn't. JOAN BLONDELL is the older sister looking out for Lana and putting Lana's best interest ahead of her own. So much so, that at the end of the story she's on her way back to the mid-west while Lana stays on as a Broadway star and winds up with her sister's ex-boyfriend Murphy.
KENT SMITH, as a much married man, is Lana's romantic interest, but it's all pretty standard stuff with no new surprises. That is, except for Lana. She dances ballroom and tap with surprising ease, keeping up every step of the way in some rather sophisticated dance routines with Murphy. Frankly, there should have been more of the musical interludes because they're done with a certain finesse. Murphy is the man who finally fends off his opposition so that he winds up with Turner.
Summing up: Trivial bit of fluff with young Lana in her physical prime.
But, of course, the story is the tired old one about two gals in show biz, one who makes it, one who doesn't. JOAN BLONDELL is the older sister looking out for Lana and putting Lana's best interest ahead of her own. So much so, that at the end of the story she's on her way back to the mid-west while Lana stays on as a Broadway star and winds up with her sister's ex-boyfriend Murphy.
KENT SMITH, as a much married man, is Lana's romantic interest, but it's all pretty standard stuff with no new surprises. That is, except for Lana. She dances ballroom and tap with surprising ease, keeping up every step of the way in some rather sophisticated dance routines with Murphy. Frankly, there should have been more of the musical interludes because they're done with a certain finesse. Murphy is the man who finally fends off his opposition so that he winds up with Turner.
Summing up: Trivial bit of fluff with young Lana in her physical prime.