SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Infamousta brilliant actors, brilliant editing

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

JohnHowardReid Copyright 31 March 1944 by Universal Pictures Company, Inc. No New York Times review. New York opening at Loew's neighborhood theatres: April 1944. U.S. release: 28 April 1944. Australian release: 27 July 1944. 7 reels. 69 minutes. Cut to 59 minutes in Australia.SYNOPSIS: A variation on Honeymoon Lodge (Universal 1943), also scripted by Clyde Bruckman. This time the divorced young couple entrain to Las Vegas.COMMENT: Vera Vague actually has some pretty witty lines in this one ("Alimony is freedom on the installment plan") and on the whole it offers much superior entertainment. The scenes on the train, especially Bruce's constant efforts to outwit the conductor by brushing his teeth, had me rolling in the aisle with laughter. I loved Mantan Moreland's double takes and Eddie Dunn's slow burns of exasperation.David Bruce is a personable young man, Anne Gwynne and Vivian Austin are living dolls, and there are ingratiatingly welcome support performances from Alan Dinehart, Lee Patrick, Tom Dugan, Teddy Infuhr (as a gambler), and others. Yarbrough's direction has far more zest and sparkle than usual. All in all, the story-line serves not just as convenient peg for the musical numbers, but is brightly entertaining in its own right.As for the music, it's hard to pick favorites among such a rich selection. I must admit that I didn't particularly care myself for Gene Austin's interpretation of "My Blue Heaven" though many at our Hollywood Classics screening absolutely loved it; but I did enjoy Austin's other number in which he was joined by the Sherrell Sisters. I really liked Jimmy Dodd's "Oklahoma's Oke" piece. And Ann Triola plays a zippy accordion. I usually don't care overmuch for dance duos, but Capella and Patricia are really outstanding. I loved Lillian Cornell's rendition of the title song. But yes, like all the rest of you, it's Connie Haines that gets me in - and I'm not game to choose between "A Dream Ago" and "A Touch of Texas".Just about any of the song numbers is worth the price of admission alone. But Connie Haines is the icing on a well-made, highly digestible cake. Camerawork and other technical credits are A-1. Production values don't seem at all constrained by the picture's "B" budget. In all, outstanding support entertainment.

mark.waltz While some of the Universal musical comedies are surprisingly above average, many of them seem like recycled stories with an altered script. Many of them focus on failing marriages where husband and wife seemingly can't stand each other but circumstances keep tossing them together. Toss in a wisecracking or befuddled relative (usually female) interfering, stir, and there you have your movie. To make the stew all the more familiar, use many of the same cast as previous stews, ah I mean movies. This one deals with divorcing couple David Bruce and Anne Gwynne who ironically end up on the same train, with Gwynne's nagging, silly aunt (Vera Vague), and somehow Bruce ends up in the company of pretty singer Vivian Austin who poses as his wife when they all end up at the home of casino owner Alan Dinehart and his wife, Lee Patrick. There, circumstances have them spending the night, and Patrick witnessing Dinehart carrying Austin up the stairs. This causes the fur, predictably, to fly.These formula films are interspersed with various styles of novelty numbers and the songs can get your fingers snapping and toes a tapping. I had never seen this film before but the jazzy "Got a Touch of Texas" was more than familiar. Take the total running time, subtract the estimated time for musical numbers, and what's left could fit into a half hour sitcom.

Alex da Silva Anne Gwynne (Marion) and David Bruce (Richard) are a married couple who are separating. Through a series of misunderstandings, they both end up in the same hotel in Las Vegas. They want to get back together but don't want to let this on to each other. Situations develop to cause jealousies as Vivian Austin (Grace) is also on the Las Vegas scene. It's a comedy so all things end happily for everyone.I watched this film with my wife as we were married in Las Vegas and that's the reason I bought the film. It is nothing like the Strip of today. It's a film that takes you along a path where everything that could possibly be misinterpreted turns out exactly that way. There are some funny moments and a tedious section but overall the film comes out alright and that is also thanks to some great songs and entertainment numbers.