My Blue Heaven

The songs and dances are wonderful! Kitty and Jack are actors so when they sing/perform there are scenery and wardrobes that go along with the songs, making it less like an ordinary "musical." The story itself is modern and realistic even for the time (like someone else mentioned some of the things they say may have been considered "risque.") If you like old movies or musicals, I recommend you find a way to see this! You'll never get these songs out of your head, and you probably wont want to either. A classic!

I grew up watching this movie over and over again. I wish that I could find another copy but it seems impossible. :( If any decides to release it again, let me know!

I got this as part of a 'boxed set' of Grable films, all delightful in their own way. This one (1950) had a few surprises. As others noted, maybe the censors were tiring of policing every little phrase & hint of sensuality, such that it is clear that Betty & her husband are quite happy as intimate partners and are trying to make a baby. The costumes and dances later in the film are daring for the time period, but quite tame compared to post-2000 flicks (and even the Pre-code stuff before 1933).

The technicolor was a delight and the musical portions were terrific-Dailey was more than equal as a dance partner, but retained a 'goofy husband' look, so we never take Mimi Gaynor's crush on him very seriously. We also see the impact of early TV on the entertainment culture, so-called, as Producers struggled to find talent that could be showcased on the new medium.

The couple suffer setbacks as they try to start a family, and I worried the tale would descend into a teary melodrama. Not so. Just stick with the story. Things turn around quickly, and our beloved couple dance their way to a satisfying conclusion.

8/10.

Wonderful Bette Grable and Dan Dailey fanfare dealing with a musical couple's hard luck in having their own child. They are forced to resort to adoption when a traffic accident causes the loss of her unborn child. We then see unscrupulous adoption procedures and other mayhem preventing this couple from having a child of their own.

The couple do a routine on television and Dailey along with Grable show they could still sing and dance at their best. In a brief role, Mitzi Gaynor, who would play Daley's daughter 4 years later in "There's No Business Like Showbusiness," turns up as a fellow dancer who is ready to flirt and take Daley away from Gable.

The wonderful is ending but we expected that. In such film predicaments, they usually do just that.

Musicals wasn't my favorite genre but there are so many that offer an sexy appeal like this, Betty Grable was well-known for your fabulous legs and in this she show us in plenty shape, as a dramatic comedy wasn't enough funny, but the story is smart and fully interesting was musicals suggested, David Wayne had a good role and works well as supporting casting, Mitzi Gaynor in your first real debut is always unnoticed, the songs are outdated as well, so remains the great and sexy Betty Grable delivery all that can offer....what a pair of legs!!!

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First watch: 2010 / How many: 2 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7

This film really isn't much. The performers are all agreeable, but the real star is the score by Harold Arlen and Ralph Blane. The lost gem is "Halloween", an Arlen waltz performed by Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, and David Wayne. Arlen did not write many waltzes. Only "When the Boys Come Home", "Sunday in Cisero Falls", and "Fancy Free" come to mind. This is a fine waltz with a witty lyric by Blane telling us that Irving Berlin forgot to write a song about "Halloween". "Don't Rock the Boat", Arlen's take on Calypso music, is also a winner. "Friendly Island" is a hilarious send up of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific". Blane has never been so archly funny. Dailey even makes fun of Ezio Pinza's singing in this number. Aside from these numbers, "Mother Wore Tights" and "Call Me Mister" are superior Grable-Dailey films. Wayne gives us some comedy, but it is not enough to make the film sparkle.