Irene Dunne takes a crack at Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein songs
I am a big fan of Irene Dunne, but this is a lack luster movie. The highlight of the story is that Irene Dunne takes a crack at some glorious Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II songs. The movie is set in the gay 1890s in Hoboken, N.J. Dunne plays the daughter of a tavern owner, and Donald Woods plays a song writer with whom Irene Dunne gets romantically involved. In supporting role are Hugh Herbert, Ned Sparks and Louis Calhern. Bobby Connolly wrote the dance numbers and Melvyn LeRoy directed this movie. The songs of this film are; Here am I, Why I was born, Don’t ever leave me, ‘Twas not so long ago, We were so very young, and Out of the blue. This movie a very thin vehicle for highly talented actress like Irene Dunne, but the songs of Kern-Hammerstein keep the movie rolling.
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