Donald O'Connor's last movie before he entered the army, although its release was held back. It's more serious in tone, although still has a showbiz background, and plenty of numbers - he's a young performer whose dad Donald Cook is a singer.
Peggy Ryan is in it with Donald - I think this was their last movie together. They're running a theatre group in upstage New York. The plot has O'Connor be cast in a show that his father thinks he's been cast in... and Don is awkward about telling him. That's not much of a plot. More promising is another one about Don falling for older Frances Dee... that is resolved a little too quickly with her falling for Cook. The script shies from too much conflict.
But O'Connor is good, as is Ryan as a girl with a yen for him, Judy-Mickey style. The numbers are very good. This had a decent budget.
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