A 1941 musical comedy romance involving a pair of songwriters (Ann Sothern, Robert Young) who are a married on again/off again couple who happen to bond over their love of song. Opening on their latest fracture in front of a judge, Lionel Barrymore, we get their story in flashback as to how they met when Sothern was quite adept at penning the lyrics as Young suffered behind the keys. They soon become a powerhouse couple penning songs here & there w/the titular tune being their signature song (as we see in a montage of the song breaking language barriers) w/a good friend, John Carroll, putting the song to record selling vinyl. Will the couple remain together or let their petty differences ruin things for good? When it sticks to songwriting & the performances which accompany the songs, the film flies but when it falls back on silly comic contrivances (I'm talking to you Red Skelton), let the eye rolling begin but other than that minor critique, the dance sequences, one w/Eleanor Powell, who plays Sothern's friend & roommate, who does a duo w/her pet dog & an amazing act by the Berry Brothers (who may give the Nicholas Brothers a run for their money for sheer athleticism) more than make up for the humorous hi-jinks.
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