Movita plays a Brazilian songstress who has to fly to New York on the day of her big opening to help her brother who is in prison for a murder he claims he did not commit. It turns out he's been accused of arson which resulted in the death of a janitor, and was using a different name so she would not be affected by the charges against him. Movita teams up with her sister-in-law, Pamela Blake, and is joined by her reporter boyfriend Warren Hull in hopes of implicating nightclub owner Clay Clement and his very jealous girlfriend, Kay Linaker.
Very enjoyable but improbable, this drama features Movita singing a few songs, and she has a pleasing personality that is closer to Dolores del Rio of Mexico than fellow country woman Carmen Miranda who was popular at the time. At least she's not portrayed as a spitfire. That label goes to the campy Linaker who is delightfully nasty, in a way that you can't help looking forward to seeing her brought down. Pretty good production design for a Monogram programmer, and not a time waster at only 62 minutes.
Very enjoyable but improbable, this drama features Movita singing a few songs, and she has a pleasing personality that is closer to Dolores del Rio of Mexico than fellow country woman Carmen Miranda who was popular at the time. At least she's not portrayed as a spitfire. That label goes to the campy Linaker who is delightfully nasty, in a way that you can't help looking forward to seeing her brought down. Pretty good production design for a Monogram programmer, and not a time waster at only 62 minutes.