The grass is always greener on the otha side of the fence! Rich movie star is sick of getting mobbed by fans, and Hawaii plantation owner is sick of his slow, dull life, so they decide to switch lives for a while. The only way that works is that they look like identical twins. Some great actors in here.. Burns & Allen, Eleanor Powell, Robert Young. Willie Fung plays the butler, as usual, and is the butt of so many jokes. Powell does a tap-dance bit in black-face, which would certainly be off limits now. I would guess that the cast never left the lot, as the beautiful scenes of hawaii all seem to be backdrops, but it must have been fairly exotic for its day. Some great steel guitar songs, Hawaiian music. ukuleles. and a fun song by some Marx Brothers impersonators, as they sing "the Leader Doesn't Like Music, written by Gus Kahn. A LOT of tap dancing ....did people really want that much tap dancing back then? twists, turns, and hopefully it all gets straightened out by the end. The cast seems to be having fun, so its light, fluffy and fun to watch. Shows on Turner Classic now and then. Directed by Edward Buzzell, who DID direct two Marx Brothers films. and that's probably why they were lampooned in this one. Catch it if you can...
