The Kid from Brooklyn
Goldwyn / RKO, 1946, Color, 113 minutes
Released March, 1946

Danny Kaye scores a comedic knockout in this tale of a mild-mannered milkman who accidentally KOs a middleweight boxing champ and is turned by the champ's scheming manager into a fighter himself. Virginia Mayo, Lionel Stander, Vera-Ellen co-star in this remake of Harold Lloyd's "The Milky Way."

Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
Adapted by: Don Hartman and Melville Shavelson
From a Screenplay by Grover Jones, Frank Butler and Richard Connell
Based on a play by Lynn Root and Harry Clork ("The Milky Way")
"Pavlova" words and music by Sylvia Fine and Max Liebman
"You're the Cause of It All," "I Love an Old Fashioned Song," "Hey! What's Your Name?" "Josie," "The Sunflower Song" music and lyrics by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn
Technical Adviser: John Indrisano
Musical Director: Carmen Dragon
Musical Supervisor: Louis Forbes
Vocal Arrangements: Kay Thompson
Dances: Bernard Pearce
Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Stewart Chaney
Associate: McClure Capps
Set Decorations: Howard Bristol, Clifford Porter
Costume Designer: Miles White
Clothes Designer: Jean Louis
Make-Up: Robert Stephanoff
Hair Stylist: Marie Clark
Sound Recorder: Fred Lau
Director of Photography: Gregg Toland
Filmed in Technicolor
Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
   Associate: Mitchell Kovaleski
Film Editor: Daniel Mandell

Cast: Danny Kaye [Burleigh Sullivan], Virginia Mayo [Polly Pringle], Vera-Ellen [Susie Sullivan], Steve Cochran [Speed MacFarlane], Eve Arden [Ann Westley], Walter Abel [Gabby Sloan], Lionel Stander [Spider Schultz], Fay Bainter [Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne], Clarence Kolb [Mr. Austin], Victor Cutler [Photographer], Charles Cane [Willard], Jerome Cowan [Fight Announcer], Don Wilson, Knox Manning [Radio Announcers], Kay Thompson [Matron], Johnny Downs [Master of Ceremonies], And The Goldwyn Girls Additional Cast: Pierre Watkin [Mr. LeMoyne], Frank Riggi [Killer Kelly], Frank Moran [Fight Manager], John Indrisano [Boxing Instructor], Almeda Fowler [Bystander], Snub Pollard [Man Who Reacts to Lion], Robert Wade Chatterton [Man Who Lifts Up Susie], Torben Meyer, William Forrest, Jack Norton [Guests], Billy Nelson, Ralph Dunn [Seconds], Billy Wayne, George Chandler [Reporters], Betty Blythe, James Carlisle [Mrs. LeMoyne's Friends], Robert Strong, Tom Quinn, William "Billy" Newell [Photographers], Bess Flowers [Spectator at first fight], Karen X. Gaylord, Ruth Valmy, Shirley Ballard, Virginia Belmont, Betty Cargyle, Jean Cronin, Vonne Lester, Diana Mumby, Mary Simpson, Virginia Thorpe, Tyra Vaughn, Kismi Stefan, Betty Alexander, Martha Montgomery, Joyce MacKenzie, Helen Kimball, Jan Bryant, Donna Hamilton [The Goldwyn Girls], Dorothy Ellers [singing voice of Virginia Mayo], Betty Russell [singing voice of Vera-Ellen]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:01] The Sunflower Song (singing skit by The Goldwyn Girls); [0:14] Hey! What's Your Name? (sung and danced by Vera-Ellen and Men's Chorus, Betty Russell dubbing for Vera-Ellen); [1:04] You're the Cause of It All (sung by Dorothy Ellers dubbing for Virginia Mayo); [1:10] Welcome Burleigh (sung and marched by Goldwyn Girls and Mixed Chorus); [1:15] I Love an Old Fashioned Song (sung by Dorothy Ellers dubbing for Virginia Mayo with Cop and Organ Grinder); [1:18] Josie (sung and danced by Goldwyn Girls, Men's Chorus and Vera-Ellen; Betty Russell dubbing for Vera-Ellen); [1:23] Pavlova (comedy number by Danny Kaye, partly sung and danced by Danny Kaye and Ensemble)

The Kid from Spain
Samuel Goldwyn / United Artists, 1932, B/W, 118 minutes, ***½
Released November, 1932

After being expelled from school, Ricardo (Robert Young) invites his college roommate Eddie (Eddie Cantor) to his home in Mexico. In order to get across the border, Eddie dresses up as a matador and assumes the identity of Don Sebastian, II -- son of the (ex-) greatest bull fighter in Spain. Needless to say, a number of mistaken identity cases put Cantor into some very funny situations. Lots of fun and music in this one!

Eddie Cantor is always a lot of fun. He is one of the greatest comedians of all time. I enjoy all of his films, and this is one of his best! The bull fight scene alone is worth the price of admission!

Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn
Directed by: Leo McCarey
Written for the Screen by: William Anthony McGuire, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
Music and Lyrics by: Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
Numbers Created and Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Musical Direction: Alfred Newman
Art Direction: Richard Day
Costumes: Milo Anderson
Sound Recorder: Vinton Vernon
Photography: Gregg Toland
Film Editor: Stuart Heisler

Cast: Eddie Cantor [Eddie Williams], Lyda Roberti [Rosalie], Robert Young [Ricardo], Ruth Hall [Anita Gomez], John Miljan [Pancho], Noah Beery [Alonzo Gomez], J. Carrol Naish [Pedro], Robert Emmett O'Connor [Detective Crawford], Stanley Fields [Jose], Paul Porcassi [Gonzales, Border Guard], Sidney Franklin [American Matador], Julian Rivero [Dalmores], Theresa Maxwell Conover [Martha Oliver], Walter Walker [The Dean], Ben Hendricks, Jr. [Red], Grace Poggi [Specialty Dancer], Edgar Connor [Black Bull Handler], Leo Willis [Thief], Harry Gribbon [Traffic Cop], Eddie Foster [Patron], Harry C. Bradley [Man on Line at Border], Jean Allen, Loretta Andrews, Consuelo Baker, Betty Bassett, Lynn Browning, Maxine Cantway, Shirley Chambers, Dorothy Coonan, Hazel Craven, Patricia Farnum, Sarah Jane Faulks (aka Jane Wyman), Betty Grable, Paulette Goddard, Jeanne Gray, Ruth Hale, Pat Harper, Margaret La Marr, Adele Lacey, Bernice Lorimer, Nancy Lynn, Vivian Mathison, Nancy Nash, Edith Roark, Marian Sayers, Renee Whitney, Diana Winslow, Toby Wing [The 1932 Goldwyn Girls]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:01] But We Must Rise (performed by The Goldwyn Girls); [0:11] Graduation procession (I haven't identified this one yet); [0:34] In the Moonlight (sung by Eddie Cantor); [0:59] Look What You've Done (sung by Lyda Roberti and Eddie Cantor); [1:13] unidentified instrumental number (danced by Grace Poggi [?]); [1:19] What a Perfect Combination (sung by Eddie Cantor, sung and danced by Goldwyn Girls); [1:34] What a Perfect Combination (short excerpt sung by Eddie Cantor and Lyda Roberti)

Kid Galahad
Mirisch / UA, 1962, Color, 95 minutes
Released August, 1962

Fine remake of the boxing classic stars Elvis Presley as a garage mechanic-turned-prize fighter who runs afoul of gangster Charles Bronson. Between bouts, Elvis manages to sing a song or two, including "King of the Whole Wide World" and "I Got Lucky." With Lola Albright, Gig Young.

The Elvis Presley MGM Movie Legends Collection DVD Box Set (shown right) includes this film, Clambake, Frankie and Johnny, and Follow That Dream.

Produced by: David Weisbart
Directed by: Phil Karlson
Assistant Director: Jerome M. Siegel
Technical Advisor: Col. Tom Parker
Boxing Advisor: Mushy Callahan
Screen Play by: William Fay
Based on a Story by: Francis Wallace
Music by: Jeff Alexander
Songs: "King of the Whole Wide World" (by) Ruth Batchelor and Bob Roberts, "This Is Living" (by) Fred Wise and Ben Weisman, "Riding the Rainbow" (by) Fred Wise and Ben Weisman, "Home Is Where the Heart Is" (by) Sherman Edwards and Hal David, "I Got Lucky" (by) Ben Dee Fuller, Fred Wise and Ben Weisman, "A Whistling Tune" (by) Sherman Edwards and Hal David
Art Director: Cary Odell
Set Decorator: Edward G. Boyle
Make Up: Lynn Reynolds
Hairdresser: Alice Monte
Wardrobe: Bert Henrikson, Irene Caine
Sound: Lambert Day
Special Effects: Milt Rice
Director of Photography: Burnett Guffey
Color by De Luxe
Film Editor: Stuart Gilmore

Cast: Elvis Presley [Walter Gulick], Gig Young [Willy Grogan], Lola Albright [Dolly Fletcher], Joan Blackman [Rose Grogan], Charles Bronson [Lew Nyack], David Lewis [Otto Danzig], Robert Emhardt [Maynard], Liam Redmond [Father Higgins], Judson Pratt [Zimmerman], Ned Glass [Lieberman], George Mitchell [Sperling], Roy Roberts [Jerry Bathgate], Michael Dante [Joie Shakes], Richard Devon [Marvin], Jeffrey Morris [Ralphie], Additional Cast: Edward Asner [Frank Gerson, Assistant District Attorney], Frank Gerstle [Romero's Manager], The Jordanaires [backup vocals]

Musical Program: [0:00] King of the Whole Wide World (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires behind titles); [0:20] This Is Living (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires); [0:37] Riding the Rainbow (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires); [0:49] Home Is Where the Heart Is (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires); [0:54] I Got Lucky (sung and danced [The Twist] by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires); [1:11] A Whistling Tune (sung and whistled by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires)

Kid Millions
Samuel Goldwyn / United Artists, 1934, B/W & Color, 90 minutes
Released November, 1934

Eddie Cantor's definitely one in a million in this riotous musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it. Don't miss the ice cream factory scene, done in early Technicolor. With Ethel Merman, George Murphy, Ann Sothern; look for Lucille Ball as a "Goldwyn Girl" and Tor Johnson as a torturer.

Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Musical Numbers Directed by: Seymour Felix
Original Story and Screen Play by: Arthur Sheekman, Nat Perrin and Nunnally Johnson
Music and Lyrics by: Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn, Burton Lane and Harold Adamson
The song "Mandy" Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Piano Number presented by Jacques Fray and Mario Braggiotti
Musical Direction: Alfred Newman
Choreography: Seymour Felix
Art Direction: Richard Day
Costumes: Omar Kiam
Sound Recorded by: Vinton Vernon
Photography: Ray June
Special Effects: Ray Binger
Film Edited by: Stuart Heisler

Cast: Eddie Cantor [Eddie Wilson, Jr.], Ann Sothern [Joan Larrabee], Ethel Merman [Dot Clark], George Murphy [Jerry Lane], Jesse Block [Ben Ali], Eve Sully [Fanya], Berton Churchill [Col. Larrabee], Warren Hymer [Louie the Lug], Paul Harvey [Sheik Mulhulla], Otto Hoffman [Khoot], Doris Davenport [Toots], Edgar Kennedy [Herman], Stanley Fields [Oscar], Jack Kennedy [Pop], John Kelly [Adolph], Guy Usher [William Slade], Nicholas Brothers [Themselves], Stymie Beard [Stymie], Henry Kolker [Attorney], Tommy Bond [Tommy], Leonard Kibrick [Leonard], William Arnold [Steward], Harry C. Bradley [Bartender], Edward Peil Sr. [Assistant Bartender], Harry Ernest [Page Boy], Eddie Arden [Busboy], Ed Mortimer [Ship's Officer], Zack Williams, Everett Brown [Slaves], Fred Warren, Harrison Greene [Spielers], George Regas, Noble Johnson [Attendants], Lon Poff [Recorder], Constantine Romanoff, Tor Johnson [Torturers], Ivan Linow, Lalo Encinas, Budd Fine, Leo Willis, Larry Fisher [Warriors], Sam Hayes [Eddie's Announcer], Malcolm Waite, Bob Reeves [Trumpeteers], Clarence Muse [Col. Witherspoon], Steve Clemente, Art Mix, Silver Harr, M. Rourie, Bob Kortman, Robert Ellis [Desert Riders], Bobby Jordan [Tourist], Louise Carver [Native Woman], Theodore Lorch [Native Fakir], Bobbie La Manche [Native Boy], J. Macher, John Dowd, Charles D. Hall [Natives], Mickey Rentschler, Jacqueline Taylor, Carmencita Johnson, Patricia Ann Rambeau, Ada Mae Bender, Billy Seay, John Collum, Wally Albright [Children on Tug], Bess Flowers [Passenger on Ship], Lucille Ball, Bonnie Bannon, Irene Bentley, De Don Blunier, Mary Jane Carey, Lynne Carver, Mary Lou Dix, Helen Ferguson, Gail Goodson, Jane Hamilton, Betty-Joy Howard, Janice Jarratt, Vivian Keiffer, Mary Lange, Caryl Lincoln, Ruth Moody, Barbara Pepper, Wanda Perry, Virginia Reed, Charlotte Russell, Gwen Seager, Helen Wood [The 1934 Goldwyn Girls]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:01] An Earful of Music (sung by Ethel Merman and The Goldwyn Girls); [0:10] When My Ship Comes In (sung by Eddie Cantor); [0:36] Your Head on My Shoulder (sung by Ann Sothern, George Murphy and Chorus); [0:37] Red Hot Rhythm (?) (short excerpt sung offscreen by Ethel Merman and Chorus behind montage); [0:38] I Want to Be a Minstrel Man (sung and danced by Harold Nicholas and The Goldwyn Girls); [0:52] Mandy (sung by Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Harold Nicholas and The Goldwyn Girls; danced by the Nicholas Brothers, Eddie Cantor and The Goldwyn Girls); [0:58] Harem Dance (danced by The Goldwyn Girls); [1:03] Okay, Toots (sung by Eddie Cantor with The Goldwyn Girls); [1:23] Ice Cream Fantasy (Finale number in color - sung by Ethel Merman, Eddie Cantor, Doris Davenport, Warren Hymer and Childrens Chorus)

Based on the book, stage play and film "Anna and the King of Siam", Rodgers and Hammerstein's popular musical adaptation finds English school teacher Anna (Deborah Kerr) in the court of the King of Siam (Yul Brynner). She has been employed by the king to educate his children but finds the King, himself, much more of a challenge than the children. Although the King is bright and learned, they don't see eye to eye on many subjects. Many interesting debates on a wide variety of topics ensue, and they both learn much from each other.

Brynner also performed the role in the Broadway production and won a Best Actor Oscar for his film reprisal of that role. Wonderful song score includes such memorable tunes as "I Whistle a Happy Tune," "Getting to Know You" and "Shall We Dance."

Anna Leonowens was a real person who moved to Siam to teach the King's children in 1862. But, there is little truth in the fictionalized version of her story as told in the book Anna and the King of Siam. This romanticized story is, essentially, a work of fiction.

An interesting website built by students in Thailand (Siam) can be found at The King and I: Fact or Fiction?

Setting: Siam, 1862

Darryl F. Zanuck Presents:
Produced by: Charles Brackett
Directed by: Walter Lang
Assistant Director: Eli Dunn
Screenplay by: Ernest Lehman
Music by: Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
From their musical play based on "Anna and the King of Siam" by Margaret Landon
Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by: Jerome Robbins
Music Supervised and Conducted by: Alfred Newman
Associate: Ken Darby
Orchestration: Edward B. Powell, Gus Levene, Bernard Mayers, Robert Russell Bennett
Ballet Arrangements by: Trude Rittman
Consultant in Oriental Dancing: Michiko
Art Directors: Lyle R. Wheeler, John de Cuir
Set Decorations: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
Costumes Designed by: Irene Sharaff
Makeup by: Ben Nye
Hair Styling by: Helen Turpin
Sound: E. Clayton Ward, Warren Delaplain
Director of Photography: Leon Shamroy
Special Photographic Effects: Ray Kellogg
Filmed in CinemaScope 55, Color by DeLuxe
Color Consultant: Leonard Doss
Film Editor: Robert Simpson

Awards: Academy Awards for Best Actor (Yul Brynner), Best Score - Musical (Alfred Newman and Ken Darby), Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color), Best Costume Design (Color) (Irene Sharaff), Best Sound Recording; Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Deborah Kerr), Best Director and Best Color Cinematography (Leon Shamroy)

Cast: Deborah Kerr [Anna Leonowens], Yul Brynner [The King], Rita Moreno [Tuptim], Martin Benson [Kralahome], Terry Saunders [Lady Thiang], Rex Thompson [Louis Leonowens], Carlos Rivas [Lun Tha], Patrick Adiarte [Prince Chulalongkorn], Alan Mowbray [British Ambassador], Geoffrey Toone [Sir Edward Ramsay], Yuriko [Eliza], Marion Jim [Simon Legree], Robert Banas [Keeper of the Dogs], Dusty Worrall [Uncle Thomas], Gemze de Lappe [Specialty Dancer], Thomas Bonilla, Dennis Bonilla [Twins], Michiko Iseri [Angel in Ballet], Charles Irwin [Ship's Captain], Leonard Strong [Interpreter], Irene James [Siamese Girl], Jadin Wong, Jean Wong [Amazons], Fuji, Weaver Levy [Whipping Guards], William Yip [High Priest], Eddie Luke [Messenger], Josephine Smith [Guest at Palace], Jocelyn New [Princess Ying Yoowalak]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: "March of the Siamese Children" (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:04] I Whistle a Happy Tune (sung by Marni Nixon dubbing for Deborah Kerr with Rex Thompson); [0:17] March of the Siamese Children (instrumental played as the Royal Princes and Princesses are presented to Anna Leonowens); [0:25] Hello, Young Lovers (sung by Marni Nixon dubbing for Deborah Kerr); [0:28] Home Sweet Home (sung by the Children); [0:30] A Puzzlement (sung by Yul Brynner); [0:36] Getting to Know You (sung and danced by Deborah Kerr, King's Wives and Children, Marni Nixon dubbing for Deborah Kerr); [0:55] We Kiss in a Shadow (sung by Carlos Rivas and Rita Moreno); [1:04] Something Wonderful (sung by Terry Saunders); [1:14] Prayer to Buddha (chanted by Yul Brynner and Wives); [1:22] Waltz of Anna and Sir Edward (danced by Deborah Kerr and Geoffrey Toone); [1:27] "Small House of Uncle Thomas" (Siamese version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," narrated by Rita Moreno, sung and danced by King's wives); [1:48] Shall We Dance? (sung and danced by Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner, Marni Nixon dubbing for Deborah Kerr); [2:12] Something Wonderful (reprised by Chorus at end of film)

King Creole
Paramount, 1958, B/W, 115 minutes, ***
Released July, 1958

One of Elvis Presley's finer acting roles came in this drama based on a novel by Harold Robbins. Elvis plays a singing busboy in New Orleans who gets a job from gangster Walter Matthau as a singer in a mob-owned nightclub. With Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart, Vic Morrow; songs include "Hard-Headed Woman," "Crawfish" and the title tune.

Lights! Camera! Elvis! Collection DVD Box Set (shown right) includes this film and Blue Hawaii, Easy Come, Easy Go, Fun in Acapulco, G.I. Blues, Girls! Girls! Girls!, Roustabout, Paradise, Hawaiian Style.

Produced by: Hal B. Wallis
Associate Producer: Paul Nathan
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Assistant Director: D. Michael Moore
Screenplay by: Herbert Baker and Michael Vincente Gazzo
Based upon the Novel: A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins
Music Adapted and Scored by: Walter Scharf
Vocal Accompaniment by: The Jordanaires
Technical Advisor: Col. Tom Parker
Song Score: Ben Weisman and Fred Wise
Musical Numbers Staged by: Charles O'Curran
Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Joseph MacMillan Johnson
Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Frank McKelvy
Costumes: Edith Head
Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore
Hair Style Supervision: Nellie Manley
Sound Recording by: Harold Lewis and Charles Grenzbach
Special Effects: John P. Fulton
Director of Photography: Russell Harlan
Special Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton
Editorial Supervision: Warren Low

Cast: Elvis Presley [Danny Fisher], Carolyn Jones [Ronnie], Dolores Hart [Nellie], Dean Jagger [Mr. Fisher], Liliane Montevecchi ["Forty" Nina], Walter Matthau [Maxie Fields], Jan Shepard [Mimi Fisher], Paul Stewart [Charlie LeGrand], Vic Morrow [Shark], Fred Winston [Shark's Brother], Brian Hutton [Sal], Jack Grinnage [Dummy], Dick Winslow [Eddie Burton], Raymond Bailey [Mr. Evans], Ned Glass [Hotel Desk Clerk], John Indrisano [Collector], The Jordanaires [backup vocals]

Musical Program: [0:00] Turtles, Berries and Gumbo (sung by street vendors in opening scene); [0:03] Crawfish (sung by Elvis Presley and Kitty White); [0:09] Steadfast, Loyal and True (sung a capella by Elvis Presley); [0:23] Lover Doll (sung by Elvis Presley); [0:31] Trouble (I'm Evil) (sung by Elvis Presley); [0:50] Banana (sung and danced by Liliane Montevecchi); [0:54] Dixieland Rock (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:58] Young Dreams (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [1:08] New Orleans (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [1:17] Hard Headed Woman (excerpt sung by Elvis Presley); [1:18] King Creole (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [1:30] Don't Ask Me Why (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [1:53] As Long As I Have You (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires)

King of Burlesque
20th Century-Fox, 1936, B/W, 88 minutes
Released January, 1936

Warner Baxter is The King of Burlesque, and he thinks he's ready to move up to more mainstream shows. Broadway would be nice! He and Alice Faye open a nightclub, she acting as the show's director and main singer. But, in the meantime, Baxter falls in love with a wealthy young divorcee and they get married on impulse. Sound familiar? It should - this film was remade as Hello, Frisco, Hello in 1943.

Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Associate Producer: Kenneth MacGowan
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Screenplay: Gene Markey and Harry Tugend
Music Director: Victor Baravalle
Song Score: Jimmy McHugh and Ted Koehler
Choreography: Sammy Lee
Art Direction: Hans Peters
Costume Design: Gwen Wakeling
Cinematography: J. Peverell Marley
Film Editing: Ralph Dietrich

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Dance Direction

Cast: Warner Baxter [Kerry Bolton], Alice Faye [Pat Doran], Jack Oakie [Joe Cooney], Arline Judge [Connie], Mona Barrie [Rosalind Cleve], Gregory Ratoff [Kolpolpeck], Dixie Dunbar [Marie], Fats Waller [Ben], Nick Long Jr. [Anthony Lamb], Kenny Baker [Arthur], Charles Quigley [Stanley Drake], Keye Luke [Wong], Gareth Joplin [The Bootblack], Andrew Tombes [Slattery], Shirley Deane [Phyllis Sears], Harry "Zoop" Welch [Spud La Rue], Claudie Coleman [Belle Weaver], Ellen E. Lowe [Miss Meredith], Herbert Ashley [Jake], Jerry Mandy [Frankie], Paxton Sisters [Specialty Dancers], Shaw and Lee [Henkle and Keefe], Maurice Cass [Men's Tailor], Torben Meyer [Valet], Herbert Mundin [English Impresario], Sarah Jane Fulks (aka Jane Wyman) [Girl]

Musical Program: I'm Shooting High (production number - Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, Shaw and Lee, and Warner Baxter); I've Got My Fingers Crossed (sung by Fats Waller, danced by Dixie Dunbar); Spreadin' Rhythm Around (Alice Faye); Lovely Lady (Kenny Baker); Whose Big Baby are You (Alice Faye); I Love to Ride the Horses (On a Merry-Go-Round) (Fats Waller)

King of Jazz
Universal, 1930, Color, 98 minutes, ***
Released April, 1930

Paul Whiteman explains how he earned his title "The King of Jazz" through a series of musical sketches. Charles Irwin is Master of Ceremonies. This is a musical revue; there is no plot.

Sets and Costumes are fantastic, and so is the talent. It's a virtual talent smorgasbord of music, dance and comedy -- in some of the best sets ever filmed!

Carl Laemmle Presents:
Produced by: Carl Laemmle, Jr.
Entire Production Devised and Directed by: John Murray Anderson
Assistant Director: Robert Ross
Comedy Sketches: Harry Ruskin
Screenplay: Edward T. Lowe, and Charles MacArthur
Lyrics: Jack Yellen
Music: Milton Ager
Additional Musical Numbers: George Gershwin, Mabel Wayne, Billy Rose, James Dietrich
Orchestrations: Ferde Grofe
Dance Director: Russell Markert
Settings & Costumes: Herman Rosse
Assistant Art Director: Thomas F. O'Neill
Animated Cartoons: Walter Lantz, Bill Nolan
Recording Supervision: C. Roy Hunter
Cinematographers: Hal Mohr, Jerry Ash, Ray Rennahan
Photographed by Technicolor Process
Film Editor: Robert Carlisle

Awards: Academy Award for Best Interior Decoration (Herman Rosse)

Cast: Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La Plante, Jeanette Loff, Glenn Tryon, William Kent, Slim Summerville, The Rhythm Boys (with Bing Crosby), Kathryn Crawford, Beth Laemmle, Stanley Smith, Charles Irwin, George Chiles, Jack White, Frank Leslie, Walter Brennan, Churchill Ross, Johnson Arledge, Al Norman, Jacques Cartier, Paul Howard, Dell O'Day and The Tommy Atkins Sextet, Don Rose, The Russell Market Girls, Additional Cast: Merna Kennedy, Grace Hayes, Sisters G, The Brox Sisters, John Fulton, Marian Statler, Nell O'Day, Richard Cromwell, Wilbur Hall, Jeanie Lang, Otis Harlan, George Gershwin, George Sidney, Charlie Murray

Program: [0:00] Music Hath Charms (sung behind titles by Bing Crosby with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra); [0:02] My Lord Delivered Daniel (sung by Bing Crosby, cartoon man running from lion onscreen); [0:05] "Meet the Boys" (features short solos and small ensembles of band members playing short excerpts of various tunes: Hot Lips (Harry Goldfield on Trumpet), Wildcat (Joe Venuti on Violin and Eddie Lang on Guitar), Piccolo Pete (Roy Maier on Piccolo), Caprice Viennois (Kurt Detierle, Matty Malneck, John Bowman, Joe Venuti, Ted Bacon and Otto Landau on Violins), Nola (Roy Bargy at the Piano and Chester Hazlett on Clarinet, Wilbur Hall on Trombone), Linger Awhile (Mike Pingitore on Banjo); "Meet the Girls" (played by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, leg-danced by The Russell Market Girls); [0:11] My Bridal Veil (sung by Jeanette Loff, Stanley Smith and Ensemble); [0:18] The Daily Meows (comedy skit with Laura La Plante, Jeanie Lang, Merna Kennedy, Grace Hayes and Kathryn Crawford); [0:19] Mississippi Mud / So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together (sung by The Rhythm Boys); [0:22] (It Happened In) Monterey (sung by John Boles and Jeannette Loff, danced by Sisters G, George Chiles and The Russell Market Girls with Mexican Soloist Nancy Torres); [0:27] Comedy skit: "In Conference" (with Laura La Plante, Glenn Tryon and Merna Kennedy); [0:28] I'm a Fisherman (sung and acted by Jack White with the Orchestra); [0:32] A Bench in the Park (sung by George Chiles and Jeannette Loff, then sung by the Brox Sisters and The Rhythm Boys, then danced by The Russell Market Girls); [0:38] Comedy skit: "Springtime" (with Slim Summerville, Yola D'Avril and Walter Brennan); [0:38] Comedy skit: "All Noisy on the Eastern Front" (featuring Yola d'Avril, Slim Summerville, Walter Brennan and Paul Whiteman); [0:40] Comedy skit: "Willie Hall: One of the Whiteman Boys" (Wilbur Hall finds some comical ways to play violin, playing "Variations Based on Noises from a Garage" and "Pop Goes the Weasel," then he playes "Stars and Stripes Forever" using a tire pump); [0:43] Rhapsody in Blue (begins with drum solo danced by Jacques Cartier, then played by Orchestra with George Gershwin at the piano and danced by the Russell Market Girls -- many interesting sets, props and visuals); [0:52] Comedy skit: "Oh! Forevermore!" (with William Kent); [0:55] My Ragamuffin Romeo (sung by Jeanie Lang and George Chiles, danced by Marion Stattler and Don Rose -- really cute number!); [1:01] Happy Shoes (played by Orchestra, danced by disembodied shoes, sung by The Rhythm Boys); [1:01] Happy Feet (sung by The Rhythm Boys, sung and danced by Sisters G, danced by rubber-legged Al Norman, danced by The Russell Market Girls -- all with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra); [1:06] Happy Feet (danced by Paul Whiteman -- or is it??); [1:07] Comedy skit: Slim Summerville; [1:08] I Like to Do Things for You (sung by Jeanie Lang, Grace Hayes and William Kent; danced by Nell O'Day and Tommy Atkins Sextette); [1:13] Has Anybody Seen Our Nellie? (parody squawked by Churchill Ross, John Arledge, Frank Leslie and Walter Brennan with slide show in music hall style); [1:15] The Song of the Dawn (sung by John Boles and Mens Chorus); [1:19] The Melting Pot of Music: America is a melting pot of music wherein the melodies of all nations are fused into one great new rhythm: Jazz! (madley of many tunes played, sung and danced by The Company)


Jeanie Lang sings "My Ragamuffin Romeo"

Kismet
MGM, 1944, Color, 100 minutes
General release October, 1944

Lavish costume drama set in old Baghdad and starring Ronald Colman as a wily beggar who poses as a visiting ruler in order to wed his daughter, against her wishes, to a powerful but corrupt vizier. Marlene Dietrich, as the vizier's sexy wife, performs a memorable dance covered in gold body paint; with Edward Arnold, Joy Ann Page, James Craig.

Not a musical at all, but notable for Marlene Dietrich's dance number and as MGM's predecessor to the 1955 musical version. The 1911 stage play was produced on film twice before in 1920 and 1930.

Producer: Everett Riskin
Director: William Dieterle
Screenplay: John Meehan (based on the stage play by Edward Knoblock)
Musical Score: Herbert Stothart
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart
Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe
Director of Photography: Charles Rosher
Film Editing: Ben Lewis

Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Color Cinematography (Charles Rosher), Best Score - Drama or Comedy (Herbert Stothart), Best Interior Decoration - Color and Best Sound Recording

Cast: Ronald Colman [Hafiz], Marlene Dietrich [Jamilla], James Craig [Caliph], Edward Arnold [Mansur the Grand Vizier], Hugh Herbert [Feisal], Joy Page [Marsinah], Florence Bates [Karsha], Harry Davenport [Agha], Hobart Cavanaugh [Moolah], Robert Warwick [Alfife], Beatrice Kraft [Court Dancer], Evelyne Kraft [Court Dancer], Barry Macollum [Amu], Victor Kilian [Jehan], Charles Middleton [The Miser], Harry Humphrey [Gardener], Nestor Paiva [Captain of Police], Eve Whitney [Cafe Girl], Minerva Urecal [Retainer], Cy Kendall [Herald], Dan Seymour [Fat Turk], Dale Van Sickel [Assassin], Pedro de Cordoba [Meuzin], Roque Ybarra [Miser's Son], Joe Yule [Attendant], Morgan Wallace [Merchant], John Maxwell [Guard], Walter De Palma [Detective], Jimmy Ames [Major Domo], Charles La Torre [Alwah], Noble Blake [Nubian Slave], Anna Demetrio [Proprietress of Cafe], Mitchell Lewis [Sheik], Phiroz Nair [Nabout Fighter], Asit Ghosh [Nabout Fighter], Carmen D'Antonio [Specialty Dancer], Jessie Tai Sing, Zedra Conde, Barbara Glenz, Frances Ramsden [Cafe Girls], Charles Judels [Rich Merchant], Harry Cording, Joseph Granby [Policemen], Frank Penny, Peter Cusanelli [Merchants], Zack Williams [Executioner], Gabriel Gonzales [Monkey Man], John Merton [Mansur's Aide], Eddie Abdo [Mansur's Aide and offscreen prayer in Arabic], Dick Botiller [Mansur's Aide], Jack Lipson [Mansur's Aide], Lynne Arlen, Leslie Anthony, Rosalyn Lee, Sonia Carr, Carla Boehm, Yvonne De Carlo, Eileen Herric, Shelby Payne [Queen's Retinue], Paul Singh [Caliph's Valet], Paul Bradley [Magician], Louis Manley [Fire-Eater], Sammy Stein [Policeman], John Schaller, Ramiro Rivas, William Rivas [Juggling Trio]

Kismet
MGM, 1955, Color, 113 minutes, ***
Released October, 1955

A glorious tune-filled story of a vagabond poet, his daughter and the colorful city of ancient Baghdad, starring Howard Keel, Ann Blyth and Sebastian Cabot. Score includes "Stranger In Paradise." Look for Jamie Farr (Klinger from M*A*S*H) in the cast!

Light-hearted comical version of the original story -- beautifully filmed with beautiful sets and costumes. Howard Keel plays the Poet eloquently and with a good deal of comedy, some of which is quite witty. It's a fun film, though more recent events seem to have tainted my image of Baghdad somewhat. Needless to say, a modern film set in Baghdad would have a much different look and feel.

Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory Vol. 3 DVD Box Set (shown right) includes this film and Hit the Deck, Deep in My Heart, Nancy Goes to Rio, Two Weeks with Love, Broadway Melody of 1936, Broadway Melody of 1938, Born to Dance and Lady Be Good.

Produced by: Arthur Freed
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Assistant Director: William Shanks
Screen Play by: Charles Lederer and Luther Davis
Adapted from the Musical Play "Kismet," Book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis founded on "Kismet" by Edward Knoblock
Music and Lyrics by: Robert Wright and George Forrest
Music adapted from Themes of Alexander Borodin
Music Supervised and Conducted by: André Previn and Jeff Alexander
Orchestral Arrangements by: Conrad Salinger, Alexander Courage and Arthur Morton
Musical Numbers and Dances Staged by: Jack Cole
Vocal Supervision: Robert Tucker
Art Directors: Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason
Costumes by: Tony Duquette
Hair Styles by: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Up Created by: William Tuttle
Recording Supervisor: Dr. Wesley C. Miller
Director of Photography: Joseph Ruttenberg
Special Effects: Warren Newcombe
Filmed in CinemaScope and Eastman Color
Color Consultant: Charles K. Hagedon
Film Editor: Adrienne Fazan
Released October, 1955

Cast: Howard Keel [Haaj, the Poet], Ann Blyth [Marsinah], Dolores Gray [Lalume], Vic Damone [Caliph], Monty Woolley [Omar], Sebastian Cabot [Wazir], Jay C. Flippen [Jawan], Mike Mazurki [Chief Policeman], Jack Elam [Hassan-Ben], Ted de Corsia [Police Subaltern], Additional Cast: Reiko Sato, Patricia Dunn, Wonci Lui [Princesses of Aba Bu], Julie Robinson [Zubbediya], Jamie Farr [Orange Merchant], Dee Turnell [Girl in harem]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: "Stranger in Paradise" (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:03] Rhymes Have I (just a few bars sung by Howard Keel); [0:08] Fate (sung by Howard Keel); [0:15] Fate (continued by Howard Keel); [0:15] unidentified instrumental (short excerpt danced by Chorus in market); [0:19] Dance of the Three Princesses of Aba Bu (short excerpt danced by Reiko Sato, Patricia Dunn and Wonci Lui); [0:20] Not Since Nineveh (sung by Dolores Gray and Chorus, danced by the Princesses of Aba Bu and their escorts); [0:31] Baubles, Bangles, and Beads (sung by Ann Blyth and Chorus); [0:40] Stranger in Paradise (sung by Ann Blyth and Vic Damone); [0:49] Gesticulate (sung by Howard Keel, Dolores Gray and Harem Girls); [1:01] Bored (sung by Dolores Gray); [1:08] Fate (continued by Howard Keel, danced by Harem Girls); [1:10] Night of My Nights (sung by Vic Damone and Chorus, danced by Chorus); [1:16] The Olive Tree (sung by Howard Keel); [1:22] Rahadlakum (sung by Dolores Gray and Howard Keel); [1:31] And This Is My Beloved (sung by Ann Blyth and Vic Damone with a little help from Howard Keel); [1:40] Dance of the Three Princesses of Aba Bu (danced by Reiko Sato, Patricia Dunn and Wonci Lui); [1:51] The Sands of Time (sung by Howard Keel)

Musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" plays like a play within a play in Shakespearean tradition. Highly entertaining musical-comedy with wonderful performances by the entire cast, a witty script, wonderful staging and music. Probably Cole Porter's best-ever song score. All numbers are great, but the real standouts in my mind are "Tom, Dick or Harry," "I Hate Men," "Where Is the Life That Late I Led" and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" (beautifully performed by Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore). One of my all-time favorite films!

The Cole Porter DVD Box Set (shown right) includes this film, High Society, Les Girls, Broadway Melody of 1940 and Silk Stockings.

Produced by: Jack Cummings
Directed by: George Sidney
Assistant Director: George Rhein
Screen Play by: Dorothy Kingsley
Based upon the Play Produced on the Stage by
Lemuel Ayers and Arnold Saint Subber
Play by Samuel and Bella Spewack
Music and Lyrics by: Cole Porter
Musical Direction: André Previn and Saul Chaplin
Orchestrations: Conrad Salinger and Skip Martin
Vocal Supervision: Robert Tucker
Choreography by: Hermes Pan
Art Directors: Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
Costumes Designed by: Walter Plunkett
Hair Styles by: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Up Created by: William Tuttle
Recording Supervisor: Douglas Shearer
Director of Photography by: Charles Rosher
Special Effects: Warren Newcombe
Photographed in Ansco Color, Print by Technicolor
Color Consultant: Alvord Eiseman
Film Editor: Ralph E. Winters

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Score - Musical (André Previn and Saul Chaplin)

Cast: Kathryn Grayson [Lilli Vanessi / Katherine], Howard Keel [Fred Graham / Petruchio], Ann Miller [Lois Lane / Bianca], Tommy Rall [Bill Calhoun / Lucentio], Bobby Van [Gremio], Keenan Wynn [Lippy], James Whitmore [Slug], Kurt Kasznar [Baptista], Bob Fosse [Hortensio], Ron Randell [Cole Porter], Willard Parker [Tex Callaway], Dave O'Brien [Ralph], Claud Allister [Paul], Anne Codee [Suzanne], Carol Haney, Jeanne Coyne [Specialty Dancers], Hermes Pan [Specialty Sailor Dance], Ted Eckelberry [Nathaniel], Mitchell Lewis [Stage Doorman]

Musical Program: [0:05] So in Love (sung by Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel); [0:10] Too Darn Hot (sung and danced by Ann Miller); [0:19] Why Can't You Behave (sung by Ann Miller, danced by Tommy Rall and Ann Miller); [0:28] Wunderbar (sung and danced by Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel); [0:35] So in Love (repriseed by Kathryn Grayson); [0:38] We Open in Venice (sung and danced by Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller and Tommy Rall); [0:42] Tom, Dick or Harry (sung and danced by Ann Miller, Tommy Rall, Bob Fosse and Bobby Van); [0:47] I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua (sung by Howard Keel and Chorus); [0:51] I Hate Men (sung by Kathryn Grayson); [0:57] Were Thine That Special Face (sung by Howard Keel); [1:14] I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua (reprised by Howard Keel); [1:20] Where Is the Life That Late I Led (sung by Howard Keel); [1:31] Always True to You in My Fashion (sung by Ann Miller with Tommy Rall); [1:37] Brush Up Your Shakespeare (sung and danced by James Whitmore and Keenan Wynn); [1:42] From This Moment On (sung by Ann Miller, Tommy Rall, Bobby Van and Bob Fosse; danced by Ann Miller and Tommy Rall, Bob Fosse and Carol Haney, Bobby Van and Jeanne Coyne); [1:49] Kiss Me Kate (sung by Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel and Chorus)


L-R: Bobby Van, Carol Haney, Bob Fosse, Jeanne Coyne (behind Howard Keel),
Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Tommy Rall, Kurt Kasznar and Ann Miller.

Kissin' Cousins
Four Leaf / MGM, 1964, Color, 95 minutes, ***
Released March, 1964

Elvis doubles the pleasure - and the fun - when he plays both an earnest Air Force lieutenant and his stubborn hillbilly cousin who doesn't have much patience for city-folk. When the two face off over a government land deal, they provide a double-dose of humor and hits to match, including "Kissin' Cousins," "Barefoot Ballad" and "Tender Feeling."   [from back of VHS sleeve]

Elvis - The Hollywood Collection DVD Box Set (shown right) contains this film and Charro!, Girl Happy, Live a Little, Love a Little, Stay Away Joe, Tickle Me.

Produced by: Sam Katzman
Directed by: Gene Nelson
Assistant Director: Eli Dunn
Screen Play by: Gerald Drayson Adams and Gene Nelson
Story by: Gerald Drayson Adams
Music Supervised and Conducted by: Fred Karger
Musical Score: Fred Karger
Choreography by: Hal Belfer
Technical Advisor: Colonel Tom Parker
Art Direction: George W. Davis and Eddie Imazu
Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Budd S. Friend
Make-Up Supervision: William Tuttle
Hair Styles by: Sydney Guilaroff
Recording Supervisor: Franklin Milton
Director of Photography: Ellis W. Carter
Filmed in Panavision and Metrocolor
Film Editor: Ben Lewis

Cast: Elvis Presley [Josh Morgan / Jodie Tatum], Arthur O'Connell [Pappy Tatum], Glenda Farrell [Ma Tatum], Jack Albertson [Captain Robert Salbo], Pam Austin [Selena Tatum], Cynthia Pepper [Midge], Yvonne Craig [Azalea Tatum], Donald Woods [General Alvin Donford], Tommy Farrell [Master Sgt. William George Bailey], Beverly Powers [Trudy], Hortense Petra [Dixie], Robert Stone [General's Aide], Additional Cast: Robert Carson [General Sam Kruger], Joe Esposito [Mike], Gail Ganley [Hillbilly Dancer], Lonni Lees [Minnie], Maureen Reagan [Loraine], Joan Staley [Jonesy], W.J. Vincent [Hairy Willie], The Jordanaires [backup vocals]

Musical Program: [0:00] Kissin' Cousins (version 2, sung behind titles by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:13] There's Gold in the Mountains (sung by Elvis Presley with Girls Chorus); [0:29] One Boy - Two Little Girls (sung by Elvis Presley); [0:35] Catchin' On Fast (sung by Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires); [0:55] Tender Feeling (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires); [1:06] Pappy Won't You Please Come Home (sung by Glenda Farrell with a little help from a hound dog); [1:14] Barefoot Ballad (production number sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires, danced by all the kinfolk); [1:17] Once Is Enough (sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires, danced by Ensemble); [1:28] Kissin' Cousins (version 1, sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires, danced by Ensemble); [1:30] Kissin' Cousins (version 2, short reprisal sung by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires behind end credits)

The Kissing Bandit
MGM, 1948, Color, 101 minutes, ***½
Released January, 1949

Set in 19th Century California under Spanish rule. Farcical musical-comedy about a bandit who always "leaves his mark" by kissing the prettiest girl in any group he robs. When he dies, his son (Frank Sinatra) is called in to take his place. Frank has been studying Hotel Management in Boston, but dutifully returns to California to take his father's place, thinking he was an inn keeper. But when he finds out who his father really was and what he's expected to do, he's not overly enthusiastic, though he does ride with his father's gang on one heist (a spoof of "El Zorro"?).

On his first and only heist he and the gang rob a stagecoach with the Governor's daughter (Kathryn Grayson) aboard. Though Frank is completely enchanted, he is too shy to kiss the girl, and she returns home to sing "What's Wrong with Me?" completely upset that the Kissing Bandit (apparently) didn't find her pretty enough to kiss.

Meantime, the King of Spain has sent Count Belmonte (Carleton G. Young) and General Torro (Billy Gilbert) to collect the taxes long overdue from the Governor. Learning of this, J. Carrol Naish and Frank Sinatra hijack the two travelers, tie them up in the inn and take their place. They ride to the governor's palace to collect the taxes and the girl. Things are going well enough until the real Count Belmonte manages to escape and show up at the palace.

Really fun film with a wonderful cast. Kathryn sings "Love Is Where You Find It," Frank sings "Siesta," Sono Osato sings and dances a very provocative "I Like You," and Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse and Ann Miller dance the "Dance of Fury."

The film begins with the statement, "Long ago, when California was a colony of Spain, it was customary to deliver the mail by horse. However, after a great many complaints, the Post Office decided to put a man on the horse. Then the service became somewhat better."

This film is included in the DVD box set Frank Sinatra: The Early Years (shown right), along with Double Dynamite, Step Lively, Higher and Higher, and It Happened in Brooklyn

Produced by: Joe Pasternak
Directed by: Laslo Benedek
Original Screen Play by: Isobel Lennart and John Briard Harding
Music by: Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by: Earl Brent and Edward Heyman
Musical Direction by: Georgie Stoll
Arrangements by: Leo Arnaud
Musical Score: Georgie Stoll, André Previn, Scott Bradley and Albert Sendrey
Dance Direction by: Stanley Donen
Fiesta Dance Specialty Created by: Robert Alton
Art Directors: Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis
Associate: Jack D. Moore
Costumes Designed by: Walter Plunkett
Hair Styles Designed by: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Up Created by: Jack Dawn
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Director of Photography: Robert Surtees
Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
Associate: Henri Jaffa
Film Editor: Adrienne Fazan

Cast: Frank Sinatra [Ricardo], Kathryn Grayson [Teresa], J. Carrol Naish [Chico], Mildred Natwick [Isabella], Mikhail Rasumny [Don Jose], Billy Gilbert [General Torro], Sono Osato [Bianca], Clinton Sundberg [Colonel Gomez], Carleton G. Young [Count Belmonte], Edna Skinner [Juanita], Vincente Gomez [Mexican Guitarist], Ann Miller [Teresa's Maid / Fiesta Dance], Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse [Fiesta Dance], Additional Cast: Henry Mirelez [Pepito], Nick Thompson [Pablo], Joe Dominguez [Francisco], Alberto Morin [Lotso], Pedro Regas [Esteban], Julian Rivero [Postman], Mitchell Lewis [Fernando], Byron Foulger [Grandee]

Musical Program: [0:00] Main Title (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:13] Tomorrow Means Romance (sung by Kathryn Grayson); [0:32] What's Wrong with Me? (sung by Kathryn Grayson then sung by Frank Sinatra); [0:37] If I Steal a Kiss (sung by Frank Sinatra serenading Kathryn Grayson); [0:43] I Like You (The Whip Dance) (sung and danced by Sono Osato); [1:01] If You Steal a Kiss ("If I Steal a Kiss" reprised by Kathryn Grayson); [1:09] Siesta (sung by Frank Sinatra and Chorus); [1:16] Dance of Fury (instrumental danced by Chorus; then danced by Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse and Ann Miller); [1:21] Señorita (sung by Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson); [1:26] Love Is Where You Find It (sung by Kathryn Grayson); [1:38] If You Steal a Kiss (sung by Kathryn Grayson serenading Frank Sinatra)