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One of several "fringe" musicals in the MGM canon, meaning dramas or comedies that feature one or more musical numbers, but not enough to qualify it as a proper musical. It actually includes a great deal of music, including several drum solos by Mickey Rooney, floor show routines by Sally Forrest, and songs performed by Vic Damone, Monica Lewis, Jack Teagarden, and Louis Armstrong, one of which would grow into a standard, "A Kiss to Build a Dream On". But the musical numbers are all presentational, as opposed to springing from the the plot, so the film is often bypassed by critics and historians in their discussion of the movie musical.
Sally Forrest had toiled at MGM since 1946, appearing as a dancer in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), The Kissing Bandit (1948), and Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949). She achieved her first co-starring role at the studio opposite Ricardo Montalban in Mystery Street (1950), which led to a short string of second-tier leads until MGM unceremoniously dropped her option in 1953.
Vic Damone's second feature film appearance following his screen debut in Rich, Young and Pretty (1951), which was released just one month prior to this movie.
Of Joe Pasternak's 57 MGM productions released between 1942 and 1966, this film was just one of two which failed to garner a contemporary New York Times review. The second movie was Looking for Love (1964).
The character of Edna (Kay Brown) is never addressed by name in the movie. Edna is the naive young hatcheck girl at Fluff's Dixieland.
"Narrator: Los Angeles, 5 AM. In another few hours, most of the 4 million people in the county will be going to work. Those are the Hollywood Hills and that's The Strip. It's just a piece of land that runs a mile and a half through Hollywood. The Sheriff's office watches over it."
"Detective Lt. Bonnabel: Where does Jane Tafford work? Stanley Maxton: At a place called Fluffs - out on The Strip."
