Danny Thomas plays real-life hit songwriter Gus Kahn, responsible in the 1900s for such innocent, old-fashioned tunes as "I Wish I Had a Girl", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goodbye)" and "It Had To Be You". Doris Day plays Kahn's songbird spouse and Mary Wickes is their wiseacre maid--and both are much preferable to Thomas, who gives an extremely weak performance. Hokey, safe "contract" picture from Warner Bros. keeps the stars busy and is fine during the musical stretches, but as a drama it falls short. Supporting characters are introduced and then dropped in rapid succession, and incidents such as Kahn's heart attack are glossed over with syrupy uplift. Day is pleasant as always, but she doesn't quite click with Thomas, who reads his lines with canned enthusiasm. ** from ****
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