Enjoyed turn-of-the-century shenanigans (actually quite well caught in detail) of dentist Jimmy Cagney, 'friend' Jack Carson and the objects of their affections, Rita Hayworth and Olivia de Havilland. Alan Hale puts in quite a turn as the lothario father, George Tobias is the 'Greek' friend and Una O'Connor one of the neighbours.
Popular music medium is brass band and barbershop quartet, unfortunately.
Shot with customary simplicity by James Wong Howe, for Warner Bros
Contains the great line "Oh boy! She's just the fudge!", written by Julius and Philip Epstein. Unusually, concludes by asking the audience to sing along to "And the band played on".
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