A Betty Grable musical but the plot is more driven by George Montgomery, who arrives in Coney Island during the 1890s and sets about establishing himself as a musical impresario by outwitting his former partner and making a star of Grable. Betty doesn’t do much plot wise except stamp her foot, look indignant and be fought over, but she does lots of numbers (one in blackface, unfortunately) and is very pretty. Montgomery is terrific, confident and wise-cracky in a sub Clark Gable way – surely he would have become a bigger star had war service not interrupted his career. Good support from Cesar Romeo (the perennial other man), Phil Silvers and Charles Winninger. Some of the musical numbers seem to go on forever.
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