MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS
(M.G.M.) G Cert. NO doubt about it, there are some good numbers in Meet Me in Las Vegas, but good numbers alone don’t make a film, even a musical, and in the story department especially this one is pretty feeble. As in It’s Always Fair Weather, Cyd Charisse is a frosty dame -a ballet dancer-who’s only interested in her job, Conscripted by Dan Dailey into a spot of hand-holding at the gambling table, she’s found to be lucky and after a bit of talk and a bit of boose they set out to break the bank. Of course they also falt in love. Whenever they sit around someone is putting on a show or a fehearsal, and there you have the numbers. Among those found to be hanging around this glorified mugs’ alley are Frankie Lane, Lena Horne, Jerry Colonna and Mitsuko Sawamura. But easily the best number, which for me made a visit to the film worthwhile, was a new, delightful version of "Frankie and Johnny," sung by Sammy Davis, Jnr., with Miss Charisse as Frankie. It made me want to be kind to a pretty sloppy piece of film-making, though I’m probably stretching it a bit far in grading it Fair.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 912, 1 February 1957, Page 21
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208MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 912, 1 February 1957, Page 21
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