To finish Father's Day me and my dad watched the sweet Comedy Drama Never a Dull Moment on BBC iPlayer. Checking the next day to see what else was on the service,I was happy to spot a second rare RKO title,which led to me putting my dancing shoes on.
The plot:
Dreaming of being a ballerina, Judy O'Brien joins a struggling dance troupe. Being the other side of the coin to O'Brien, Bubbles/Tiger Lily White is vocal on her boredom at the classes. Playing the last dance,O'Brien is left shaken when their music teacher is run over. Grabbing a job in a burlesque bar,White pulls weak O'Brien in as her stage stooge. During the performances, Jimmy Harris catches the eyes of both ladies,which leads to O'Brien and White doing their own dance number against each other.
View on the film:
Co-starring with someone soon to be a close friend and her future husband, Lucille Ball gives a sparkling performance as Bubbles/Tiger Lily White,thanks to the happiness behind the scenes coming across in Ball giving White a gliding diva elegance. Up against ultra glamour puss White, Maureen O'Hara gives an earthy performance as Judy O'Brien,with O'Hara giving Judy a tough perfection edge to dance White off the stage. Bouncing between the ladies, Louis Hayward lays out dashing light Screwball Comedy charm as James 'Jimmy' Harris Jr.
Replacing original director Roy Del Ruth two weeks into production,director Dorothy Arzner and her long-time lover Marion Morgan stage the song and dance numbers with a classy shadow-lit backdrop,which never quite escapes the stage origins of the project. Working with editor Robert Wise, Arzner sets off some Broadway sparks on the film with criss-crossing dance/singing exchanges between the ladies and a refreshingly risqué side to Judy and White putting any hecklers in their place,as the audience yell dance,girl dance.
The plot:
Dreaming of being a ballerina, Judy O'Brien joins a struggling dance troupe. Being the other side of the coin to O'Brien, Bubbles/Tiger Lily White is vocal on her boredom at the classes. Playing the last dance,O'Brien is left shaken when their music teacher is run over. Grabbing a job in a burlesque bar,White pulls weak O'Brien in as her stage stooge. During the performances, Jimmy Harris catches the eyes of both ladies,which leads to O'Brien and White doing their own dance number against each other.
View on the film:
Co-starring with someone soon to be a close friend and her future husband, Lucille Ball gives a sparkling performance as Bubbles/Tiger Lily White,thanks to the happiness behind the scenes coming across in Ball giving White a gliding diva elegance. Up against ultra glamour puss White, Maureen O'Hara gives an earthy performance as Judy O'Brien,with O'Hara giving Judy a tough perfection edge to dance White off the stage. Bouncing between the ladies, Louis Hayward lays out dashing light Screwball Comedy charm as James 'Jimmy' Harris Jr.
Replacing original director Roy Del Ruth two weeks into production,director Dorothy Arzner and her long-time lover Marion Morgan stage the song and dance numbers with a classy shadow-lit backdrop,which never quite escapes the stage origins of the project. Working with editor Robert Wise, Arzner sets off some Broadway sparks on the film with criss-crossing dance/singing exchanges between the ladies and a refreshingly risqué side to Judy and White putting any hecklers in their place,as the audience yell dance,girl dance.