7/10
Down Argentine Way is quite memorable for the star-making turns of Betty Grable and Carmen Miranda
20 April 2021
Having heard about this iconic movie for years, I finally watched this just now with Mom. We both enjoyed the music numbers and many of the acting performances though the story was pretty silly for what it was. Still, it made Betty Grable a star after years of struggling in the movies starting from when a teen perhaps because of her stunning beauty as well as her adequate singing and dancing skills. Don Ameche made a fine leading man, Charlotte Greenwood and Leonid Kinskey were amusing for support, and the Nicholas Brothers tap dances up a storm during their numbers. But perhaps the highlight of the movie was Carmen Miranda, here in her American film debut, due to her costumes, her dances, and especially her fast-singing patter in her native language. It made her quite a force in her period she was working for 20th Century-Fox during this time, that's for sure! So on that note, Down Argentine Way is slight entertainment made memorable by Betty Grable and Carmen Miranda.
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