Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

utgard14 A security guard (Victor Moore) has been telling his son (Eddie Bracken) in letters that he's the head of Paramount. Now the son is home on shore leave from the Navy and the dad wants to keep him from finding out the truth. So he gets help from a studio switchboard operator (Betty Hutton) who is in love with his son. Together they hatch a plan to have the father impersonate the studio head during the son's visit.Most of the studios during WW2 made one of these all-star films, usually with a flimsy plot and lots of musical numbers. They're all great fun and this is one of the best. Betty Hutton is just the most adorable person ever. I could watch her read the phone book for an entire movie. Eddie Bracken and Victor Moore are wonderful, too. The real treat with this, and other films like it, is for classic film fans to eat up all of the movie star comedy and musical numbers. The stars include Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Ray Milland, Veronica Lake, Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Lamour, Dick Powell, Cecil B. Demille, Alan Ladd, and many more. Oh, and she's not the biggest star in this one, but wait 'til you get a load of Dona Drake! Hubba hubba! Have mercy! Makes me wish I had a time machine. This movie's just sheer fun from start to finish. If this doesn't make you smile, you're dead inside!

rickdumesnil absolutely loved this movie. paramount is my favorite studio and to see all the stars in this film had me at the edge of my seat. its not an academy award film...but it is pure escapism and relaxing to watch. the music score...priceless. watch Paulette Goddard veronica lake and Dorothy L'Amour as they strut their stuff and mock their trademarks only to see sterling Holloway and 2 other guys imitating them. hilarious. you can also see Ellen drew...Walter Abel and many other stars in secondary roles. the movie is fast paced....well presented and really funny for now and for its time. i didn't live the forties but its my favorite era. had i lived then i WOULD HAVE MARRIED PAULETTE GODDARD.

edwagreen Paramount produced a cavalcade of stars in this traditional World War 11 patriotic film dealing with the situations that ensue when an attendant at Paramount Studios tries to impress his navy son by claiming that he is a studio mogul.Naturally, this evolves into situations too numerous to speak of here.Victor Moore is the father and Eddie Bracken stars as the son. Bette Hutton is marvelous as Bracken's girlfriend and the ensemble cast at Paramount are terrific when putting on a show for the navy.You have to feel for Walter Abel, a mogul who is victimized in the scheme of Hutton and Moore.Add 1/2* for Bing Crosby's patriotic song ending.

danpatter2002 A potpourri of star turns lift the charming but silly plot above itself. Worth seeing for the Dick Powell/Mary Martin number alone. I kept backing the tape up and watching this part again and again. Why Martin wasn't a greater Hollywood star is a mystery to me, but H'wood's loss was B'way's gain. Many other nice things to see, but I have a feeling some numbers were cut from the final print. Wonder what they were?