

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Cinematography
Berkeley's 'The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat' — cinema's most unhinged 8 minutes.
Costume
Miranda's fruit tower hats that defy gravity and explanation.
Direction
Berkeley turns human bodies into abstract wallpaper. It's terrifying. It's art.

Director
Busby Berkeley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Carmen Miranda was already Broadway's biggest star when Fox imported her; this was her first Technicolor film and they literally built a set around her hat.
The film's 'Polka Dot Polka' finale uses 100+ women to form abstract patterns—Berkeley's last great pre-war spectacle before studios cut budgets.
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