There is only a thin plot in the movie but that doesn't really matter (though some of the dialogue is witty) because the main strengths are the singing and dancing. Judy Garland sings two contrasting numbers, the lively 'Everybody Sing' and the wistful 'You Made Me Love You'. It's astonishing to think she was only 15 at the time as she handles both songs like a seasoned professional. On the dancing front there is the peerless Eleanor Powell doing entertaining routines with George Murphy and Buddy Ebsen and dancing on her own in the big finale. The movie is enhanced by an able supporting cast including Robert Benchley, Billy Gilbert, Charley Grapewin and Helen Troy who is hilarious in her only scene as a dieting expert. A fine musical.
The film opens with a shot of the grand Metropolitan opera house and the sound of a tenor beautifully singing the Toreador song from 'Carmen' but as the camera stars to pan it bypasses the opera house and ends up in a barber shop where Charles Igor Gorin is doing the actual singing! Quite clever as it encapulates the movie's theme of undiscovered talents.
The film opens with a shot of the grand Metropolitan opera house and the sound of a tenor beautifully singing the Toreador song from 'Carmen' but as the camera stars to pan it bypasses the opera house and ends up in a barber shop where Charles Igor Gorin is doing the actual singing! Quite clever as it encapulates the movie's theme of undiscovered talents.