Director: RICHARD QUINE. Written for the screen by William Sackheim, based upon the Frances Langford column syndicated in the Hearst newspapers. Assistant director: Jack Corrick. Director of photography: William Whitley. Art director: Paul Palmentola. Film editor: Henry Batista. Set decorator: Sydney Clifford. Special effects: Jack Erickson. Music director: Ross Di Maggio. Unit manager: Herbert Leonard. Songs, "Where Are You From", "Hold Me in Your Arms", "Hi — Fellow Tourists", by Johnny Bradford, Barbara Hayden, Tony Romano; "Bread and Butter Woman" by Allan Roberts and Lester Lee; "Anywhere" by Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne. Sound engineer: Josh Westmoreland. Produced by Sam Katzman. A Columbia Picture.
Copyright 31 December 1951 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No New York opening. U.S. release: December 1951. U.K. release: floating from July 1952. Australian release: 23 March 1952. 6,584 feet. 72 minutes. Original release prints processed in Sepia.
U.K. release title: NO TIME FOR TEARS.
SYNOPSIS: Frances Langford arrives in New Guinea, at the head of a USO troupe that includes guitarist Tony Romano and comedian Ben Lessy. She wows the G.I.'s, but Lieutenant Mike McCormick (Judd Holdren), the officer assigned to accompany the troupe through the South Pacific, believes she is merely a publicity seeker. Frances and her troupe ultimately land at a remote outpost under Japanese attack. McCormick is chiefly responsible for repulsing the enemy. Frances' bravery under fire makes McCormick realize he has been wrong about her.
COMMENT: Face it, boys, Frances Langford can put over a song with the best, and there's no doubt that her wartime efforts to entertain the troops were much appreciated as morale boosters.
Unfortunately, this cheap-jack, minor-budget movie with its ultra- clichéd plot, rates as neither a tribute nor a diversion. The only thing I really liked about it whilst watching it in a movie theater, was that it was attractively presented in Sepia.
On TV, however, even the songs themselves seemed second-rate and not really worthy all the attention that Frances Langford was giving them.
OTHER VIEWS: Minor fluff at best, but the musical numbers are enjoyable. — Motion Picture Guide.
Copyright 31 December 1951 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No New York opening. U.S. release: December 1951. U.K. release: floating from July 1952. Australian release: 23 March 1952. 6,584 feet. 72 minutes. Original release prints processed in Sepia.
U.K. release title: NO TIME FOR TEARS.
SYNOPSIS: Frances Langford arrives in New Guinea, at the head of a USO troupe that includes guitarist Tony Romano and comedian Ben Lessy. She wows the G.I.'s, but Lieutenant Mike McCormick (Judd Holdren), the officer assigned to accompany the troupe through the South Pacific, believes she is merely a publicity seeker. Frances and her troupe ultimately land at a remote outpost under Japanese attack. McCormick is chiefly responsible for repulsing the enemy. Frances' bravery under fire makes McCormick realize he has been wrong about her.
COMMENT: Face it, boys, Frances Langford can put over a song with the best, and there's no doubt that her wartime efforts to entertain the troops were much appreciated as morale boosters.
Unfortunately, this cheap-jack, minor-budget movie with its ultra- clichéd plot, rates as neither a tribute nor a diversion. The only thing I really liked about it whilst watching it in a movie theater, was that it was attractively presented in Sepia.
On TV, however, even the songs themselves seemed second-rate and not really worthy all the attention that Frances Langford was giving them.
OTHER VIEWS: Minor fluff at best, but the musical numbers are enjoyable. — Motion Picture Guide.