Cinematography
CinemaScope saturation that'll burn your retinas in the best way.
Acting
Debbie Reynolds operating at 11/10 while everyone else is at 6.
Production
Sets so aggressively fake they become performance art.
Director
Roy Rowland
Jane Powell
Susan Smith
Tony Martin
William Clark
Debbie Reynolds
Carol Pace
Walter Pidgeon
Xavier Smith
Vic Damone
Rico Ferrari
Gene Raymond
Wendell Craig
Ann Miller
Ginger
Russ Tamblyn
Danny Xavier Smith
J. Carrol Naish
Mr. Peroni
Richard Anderson
Lieutenant Jackson
Jane Darwell
Jenny
Alan King
Shore Patrol
Henry Slate
Shore Patrol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Debbie Reynolds' follow-up to Singin' in the Rain, and she reportedly found the material so thin she ad-libbed constantly to stay sane.
The film's aggressive naval patriotism arrived right as Hollywood was pumping out service musicals to compete with television—bigger, louder, MORE SAILORS.
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