Clevercell Very disappointing...

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

jhkp In the days before regular air travel, people didn't go to Disney World every year - or much of anywhere, unless they had a lot of money. Two weeks in the mountains or the nearby seashore was about it. That's one reason why movie "escapism" was once so popular, with the films of Betty Grable, Alice Faye, and Esther Williams often set in scenic or exotic locales. A picture like this was like a mini-vacation, with humor, music, and colorful locations, not to mention lovely fashions for the ladies in the audience to enjoy.The costumes here are by the great Travis Banton, late of Paramount Pictures and the man who clothed Dietrich, Lombard, Mae West, Sylvia Sidney and Claudette Colbert in many of those shimmery flicks of the 30's. He only worked at Fox for two years, by the way.If you listen to the music in this picture you may notice that it doesn't have a hot swing sound but more of the "sweet" swing flavor of such bands as Ozzie Nelson, or Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians. It seems to go with the millionaires-yachts-nightclubs atmosphere.The songs are good and all the cast performs them, including Bob Cummings, who didn't usually sing in pictures. "You Started Something" is a catchy little number and is repeated a few times to great effect. The dance number set to this tune, performed by Grable and a brother dance team is a highlight.Many of the Fox musicals were so light on plot that I find myself bored despite the musical numbers that interrupt the story often. What saves most of them is the humor. Down Argentine Way is a good comedy as well as a musical, for example. This one has some cute comedy but for my money there's a bit too much romance, of the sort that probably appealed most to the teenage girl fans. Anyhow it's well-produced, solid entertainment, with first class production values.

MartinHafer "Moon Over Miami" is a reworking of "Three Blind Mice" and years later the plot was reworked significantly as "How To Marry a Millionaire" (also starring Betty Grable). The significant difference between "Three Blind Mice" and "Moon Over Miami" is that the latter film has singing and is shot in Technicolor (and is quite lovely because of this).A family is expecting a large inheritance. When it turns out to be not so large, one of them (Betty Grable) convinces her aunt (Charlotte Greenwood) and sister (Carole Landis) to invest their small windfall in a trip to Miami to hook a rich husband. The plan is to check into a swank resort and have her sister and aunt pose as her secretary and maid respectively. Soon, two guys (Bob Cummings and Don Ameche) are VERY interested in her...VERY. But which to pick? She likes them both and both appear to be loaded.Despite being very familiar, this film is still enjoyable--perhaps a bit more than the original. But be forewarned--it's pure escapist fun and you can't think too much about the plot or else you'll really dislike Grable and her family (after all, they are liars and fortune-hunters). Well acted and slickly made.By the way, the Florida locations are a bit of Hollywood escapism. While the film is supposed to be in Miami (and a few exterior shots are of Miami), a lot of the film was filmed at Cypress Gardens (now Legoland--and 3 1/2 hours away) and around Ocala (4 hours away). Back in the day, such trips would have taken MUCH longer in the age before superhighways.

moonspinner55 Remake of 1938's "Three Blind Mice", its hoary plot reworked several times since, has two waitressing sisters and their wiseacre aunt taking a $4000 inheritance all the way to Miami where they plan to land rich husbands. Jovial, breezy, tuneful film is a bit short-changed on male charisma (the original had Joel McCrea and David Niven--here we get Bob Cummings and Don Ameche, hardly a fair trade-off!). Still, Betty Grable is perky, Carole Landis is subdued and lovely, and Charlotte Greenwood is a stitch as Aunt Susan (she's like Ray Bolger in drag--and her pairing with bellhop Jack Haley is certainly the oddest in the film). The songs are good (as long as Ameche isn't singing them) and the photography and intermittent location shooting are colorful. Predictable but cozy, plus there's a wonderfully flamboyant xylophone player, and Grable has a sensational dancing sequence at her engagement party. Lots of fun! *** from ****

whpratt1 This story starts out with Betty Grable,(Kathryn Latimer), Carole Landis, (Barbara Latimer),"I Wake Up Screaming" working in a Texas curb service hamburger joint with their aunt Sue Latimer,(Charlottle Greenwood) as the cook in the kitchen. They receive a letter telling them they have inherited $55,000. dollars, but after taxes they receive only $4,000. dollars and decide they had enough of their jobs in Texas and Kathryn wants to go to Miami, Florida and find some very rich men. When they all arrive in Miami, they meet up with Jeffrey Boulton,(Robert Cummings) who is a very wealthy man and takes a great liking for Kathryn. However, Kathryn also becomes very interested in Phil O'Neil, (Don Ameche) There is plenty of musical singing and great dancing and the photography in Silver Springs, Florida and other places in Florida are outstanding. Carole Landis looked very young and very charming in her role and Betty Grable proved she was the Pin UP Girl of the 1940's and the wife of Harry James, the trumpet player.