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Synopsis: comedy about life on the
road of a traveling "Big Band Era"
troupe and their spouses who travel with them. A naive, small-town
girl (Rutherford) falls for a fast-talking, smooth-playing trumpeter
(Montgomery) he promptly proposes after spending about fifteen
minutes with her and then she joins the band on tour, where the
female members of the troupe, wives and singers alike start gossiping
and rumor-mongering about her and the trouble ensues, but of course,
all ends happily. A Good movie that received 2 Best Song Academy
Award Nominations.
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This is not a dance movie but does feature some great dancing.
The Nicholas
Brothers
are the featured dancers and we can see why when they Tap
in
this film. There is a brief Jitterbug
scene but this movie is still a must for Swing and Tap dance fans.
Also of special interest is that in real life, Glenn Miller disappeared
during a plane flight over the English Channel on 12/15/1944 making
this his last of only two films. |