Robert Young plays a dual role. One is as a film star pestered by fans who is due to make personal appearances in New York and the other is as an owner of a pineapple plantation in Honolulu. These two characters swap roles with one another due to their similarity in looks and their need to both get away to something different. Much confusion follows, especially on the female front until we get the resolution that we all know is coming.
It's a comedy musical with dancer Eleanor Powell (Dorothy) as the love interest for one of the Youngs and Rita Johnson (Cecilia) as the other love interest. There is some amusing dialogue but the film has to lose marks for the annoying character of Chinese servant Willie Fung (Wong) who spouts vacuous proverbs and goes through the film with an inane grin on his face. Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson (Washington) plays a much funnier servant but regrettably disappears after the beginning of the film. He doesn't stick around when the dead come back - ha ha! Another minus is the over-zealous and quite annoying Gracie Allen (Millie) who plays Powell's chaperone. Whilst she does have some highlights - singing and dancing and the occasional funny delivery - overall she is an irritation. It is also a shame that we didn't focus more on the song where Kealohu Holt dances a hula number - it's a good song and Kealohu should have been afforded more respect and screen time given her local status.
Powell entertains as expected in the dance routines. What do you do with a skipping rope? Answer - tap dance with it!
It's a comedy musical with dancer Eleanor Powell (Dorothy) as the love interest for one of the Youngs and Rita Johnson (Cecilia) as the other love interest. There is some amusing dialogue but the film has to lose marks for the annoying character of Chinese servant Willie Fung (Wong) who spouts vacuous proverbs and goes through the film with an inane grin on his face. Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson (Washington) plays a much funnier servant but regrettably disappears after the beginning of the film. He doesn't stick around when the dead come back - ha ha! Another minus is the over-zealous and quite annoying Gracie Allen (Millie) who plays Powell's chaperone. Whilst she does have some highlights - singing and dancing and the occasional funny delivery - overall she is an irritation. It is also a shame that we didn't focus more on the song where Kealohu Holt dances a hula number - it's a good song and Kealohu should have been afforded more respect and screen time given her local status.
Powell entertains as expected in the dance routines. What do you do with a skipping rope? Answer - tap dance with it!