This is not one of the great film musicals, but it's quite good. Certainly there's an abundance of great songs, such as "Somebody Loves Me" and the title song. The color photography is great and the sets are very good.
Despite the quality of her voice, I always preferred Doris Day in dramas and some of the romantic comedies of later years. She wasn't as polished her in terms of acting as she later became, but she did well. I was quite impressed with her dancing in this film, particularly the closing number on the steps.
Gene Nelson, her co-star here, never really hit the big time in terms of acting or dancing. His dancing is quite good, but after a while I began to feel it was more flash and less finesse than you might see from, for example, Astaire or Kelly. And, somehow he just didn't appeal to me as a leading man. Not bad; not great.
S.Z. Sakall is around as the older man who appears to be having an affair with young Doris Day. He's always fun to watch, though he almost always had only one character.
I always thought Billy De Wolfe was quite a funny supporting actor who never got his fair share of films. Ah well. I enjoy him when I do run across him. Florence Bates is a very good character actress and has some good supporting scenes here.
While there's not a lot to stand up and cheer about this film, neither is there much to complain about. Very middle of the road musical that's worth a watch if you are into musicals or Doris Day.
Despite the quality of her voice, I always preferred Doris Day in dramas and some of the romantic comedies of later years. She wasn't as polished her in terms of acting as she later became, but she did well. I was quite impressed with her dancing in this film, particularly the closing number on the steps.
Gene Nelson, her co-star here, never really hit the big time in terms of acting or dancing. His dancing is quite good, but after a while I began to feel it was more flash and less finesse than you might see from, for example, Astaire or Kelly. And, somehow he just didn't appeal to me as a leading man. Not bad; not great.
S.Z. Sakall is around as the older man who appears to be having an affair with young Doris Day. He's always fun to watch, though he almost always had only one character.
I always thought Billy De Wolfe was quite a funny supporting actor who never got his fair share of films. Ah well. I enjoy him when I do run across him. Florence Bates is a very good character actress and has some good supporting scenes here.
While there's not a lot to stand up and cheer about this film, neither is there much to complain about. Very middle of the road musical that's worth a watch if you are into musicals or Doris Day.