MOON OVER MIAMI
(20th Century-Fox)
HE last time the moon rose over Miami it was three years ago and it wasn’t in colour. The film was then called
Three Blind Mice, and it starred Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, and David Niven; and in spite of the picturepostcard prettiness of this new technicolour version, seven song numbers, Betty Grable and her much-publicised torso, and the expenditure of one million dollars by Producer Darryl Zanuck, it was in my opinion a brighter and more successful venture.
Aligned with Miss Grable now are Carole Landis and the long-legged Charlotte Greenwood — three working girls. who proceed on the theory that since it is as easy to fall in love with a millionaire as a truck-driver, it might as well be a millionaire. Miss Grable is chosen to put the theory to the test, using a small legacy as capital, the other two girls as assistants, and a luxurious Miami hotel as hunting-ground. Their theory is supported to this extent: Miss Grable does fall properly in love with a millionaire (Don Ameche) and he with her, but for practical purposes the enterprise seems doomed to failure, since it transpires that he has just lost all his money. However, another more fortunate millionaire (Robert Cummings) is conveniently at hand to fall in love at the right moment with Miss Landis, so a fairly substantial return on the girls’ outlay appears to be assured. Concerning the prospects of Mr. Zanuck, I am not quite so sanguine.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 151, 15 May 1942, Page 14
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249MOON OVER MIAMI New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 151, 15 May 1942, Page 14
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