The film earned Academy Award nominations for the Jimmy McHugh- Harold Adamson original song "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" and its Score by C. Bakaleinikoff, but its real historical significance stems from the fact that it features Frank Sinatra's first starring role.
It was produced and directed by Tim Whelan and was scripted by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence from the musical play by Gladys Hurlbut and (future director) Joshua Logan, with additional dialogue provided by William Bowers and Howard Harris. Sinatra fills in the gaps of the rather average romantic comedy between Michele Morgan and Jack Haley (who were billed above Sinatra per their contracts) with songs that were tailored especially for him.
The story is about a near bankrupt (Leon Errol) widower who forms a corporation with his many loyal servants (including Mary Wickes, Mel Tormé and Dooley Wilson), to whom he owes significant back wages, to try to pass off his scullery maid (Morgan) as a debutante in order to catch a wealthy husband that can save them all from their dire financial situation. Haley plays Errol's valet. His idea attracts an equivalent fraud (Victor Borge) – a cook pretending to be foreign royalty – who'd been courting Elisabeth Risdon's daughter Barbara Hale.
Sinatra's character is insignificant to the silly plot which ends when Haley finally realizes that Morgan loves him shortly after he'd saved the day with a convenient discovery.
It was produced and directed by Tim Whelan and was scripted by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence from the musical play by Gladys Hurlbut and (future director) Joshua Logan, with additional dialogue provided by William Bowers and Howard Harris. Sinatra fills in the gaps of the rather average romantic comedy between Michele Morgan and Jack Haley (who were billed above Sinatra per their contracts) with songs that were tailored especially for him.
The story is about a near bankrupt (Leon Errol) widower who forms a corporation with his many loyal servants (including Mary Wickes, Mel Tormé and Dooley Wilson), to whom he owes significant back wages, to try to pass off his scullery maid (Morgan) as a debutante in order to catch a wealthy husband that can save them all from their dire financial situation. Haley plays Errol's valet. His idea attracts an equivalent fraud (Victor Borge) – a cook pretending to be foreign royalty – who'd been courting Elisabeth Risdon's daughter Barbara Hale.
Sinatra's character is insignificant to the silly plot which ends when Haley finally realizes that Morgan loves him shortly after he'd saved the day with a convenient discovery.