It looks like everyone agrees on this film. It's all about the glamor girl of the '40s: Rita Hayworth. As a movie, this isn't the best.
There is nice Technicolor to this film and certainly no complaints from this male looking at Hayworth playing "Terpsichore," a Greek goddess. Rita looked like she was having a lot of fun making the film. I hope she was because I am fan of her's...but that doesn't mean I have to like all of her films.
Most people agree, critics alike, this movie was just a vehicle to show off Hayworth's looks and dancing talent. However, I don't think the dancing came off that well, either. I preferred her dancing earlier in the decade in a couple of Fred Astaire movies. Rita was really something in those movies - a fabulous dancer.
This was the musical version of the 1941 hit film, "Hear Comes Mr. Jordan" That was a far, far better movie than this one. The songs are insipid (and Rita's voice is dubbed by Anita Ellis) and the story even worse.
This pretty-looking fluff was good escapism for audiences back in 1947, still recovering from the long, horrific World War II. Today, however, this doesn't translate well. At least it wound up being an inspiration for somebody as it spurned the 1980 musical ,"Xanadu," starring Olivia Newton-John.
There is nice Technicolor to this film and certainly no complaints from this male looking at Hayworth playing "Terpsichore," a Greek goddess. Rita looked like she was having a lot of fun making the film. I hope she was because I am fan of her's...but that doesn't mean I have to like all of her films.
Most people agree, critics alike, this movie was just a vehicle to show off Hayworth's looks and dancing talent. However, I don't think the dancing came off that well, either. I preferred her dancing earlier in the decade in a couple of Fred Astaire movies. Rita was really something in those movies - a fabulous dancer.
This was the musical version of the 1941 hit film, "Hear Comes Mr. Jordan" That was a far, far better movie than this one. The songs are insipid (and Rita's voice is dubbed by Anita Ellis) and the story even worse.
This pretty-looking fluff was good escapism for audiences back in 1947, still recovering from the long, horrific World War II. Today, however, this doesn't translate well. At least it wound up being an inspiration for somebody as it spurned the 1980 musical ,"Xanadu," starring Olivia Newton-John.