When My Baby Smiles at Me

Dan Dailey is a hoofer who goes from burlesque houses to Broadway, leaving wife Betty Grable behind. When she catches up with him, he's developed a drinking problem.

It's the third big-screen version of Hopkins-Watter play Burlesque, and it's given the Technicolor gloss that the company gave to all of Miss Grable's musicals in the period. The musical numbers are baggy-pants affairs. It's directed by Walter Lang, Fox's specialist for musical dramas, but since it's a vehicle for Miss Grable, everything is sunny.

Dailey was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor. For some reason, he lost to Laurence Olivier's performance in a little number called HAMLET.