Doris Day's second starring vehicle has a simpler, stronger plot than Romance on the High Seas: agent Jack Carson is fired by singer/radio star Lee Bowman because apparently Bowman's gotten a big head (although maybe Bowman was capable of negotiating a better deal on his own behalf and Carson is a crap agent) so Carson sets about trying to find a replacement star... and duly stumbles across Doris Day.
That's a decent set up for a movie and this is helped by strong support from Adolphe Menjou, and Eve Arden, as Carson's wise cracking friend. I'm not a massive fan of Carson has a romantic comedy lead - he's too big, too effective in unsympathetic parts for me, and I never believed Day was that into him. Day is pretty and perky as ever and there's novelty factor in that she's a war widow with a young kid. Bowman is an effective false love interest - I liked him in Buck Privates and he was a handsome, engaging actor, especially with a pencil moustache (he doesn't have one here), but never quite made the grade as a star.
There is a sequence where Day sings with animated characters including Bugs Bunny.
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