Sarong Girl

A song with that name is sung in a nightclub. Hawaii and Harlem seem to be viewed as equally foreign and exotic.

Ann Corio is appealing as the title character. She was indeed a famous burlesque dancer. Whether she wore sarongs or not, I'm not sure.

This is a Monogram picture. Their movies are generally fun. They were made very cheaply and it shows -- endearingly.

Irene Ryan is the comic relief. Yes, Granny from TV, but with dark hair. And comic she is! At first she does a kind of Gracie Allen routine. But her singing is hilarious: She sings a song in close-up and her lower lip trembles as she sings. She is in the Cass Daly, Joan Davis tradition. What a tradition, too.

(And Judy Canova was in that tradition - sort of. She was in a class of her own: a very high class. I wish her movies would be brought out on DVD!) This movie is no great work of art. But it's pleasant and Corio is quite some dish.