Jessie Matthews could charm both American and British audiences with her way of putting over a song and dance, and here, as a nightclub entertainer, she does just that. In the very first scene, she's spotted grocery shopping but a friendly pooch keeps taking the food she's purchased. She blames it on Robert Flemyng, the man behind her (who ironically is holding the very same item), and before you know it, he's invited her over for breakfast and romance seems to be on the way. He comes to see her perform at the nightclub she works at only to find out that she's engaged to her dance partner (Louis Borel) who all of a sudden is chosen to be the new leading man of a temperamental film star (Whitney Bourne). Torn between Flemying and Borel, Matthews can't make up her mind, eventually having a temper tantrum when the selfish Bourne shows up and tries to sing Matthews' signature song.
The leading ladies of movie musicals were rarely allowed to be anything but slightly feisty and rarely allowed to show any sort of temperament, so when Matthews goes off on Bourne, you want to stand up and cheer her. There's a bit of solemness here as Matthews' theme song is repeated in a slow manner over a montage of Flemyng searching for her. This leads to a comical ending where everything is resolved and a happy ending is assured. Matthews is the whole show here, getting several nice production numbers and half a dozen men to dance with in one of them. Her musical abilities make you wonder how she would have done had she been paired in an American musical with Fred Astaire around this time which was apparently negotiated but never went through.
The leading ladies of movie musicals were rarely allowed to be anything but slightly feisty and rarely allowed to show any sort of temperament, so when Matthews goes off on Bourne, you want to stand up and cheer her. There's a bit of solemness here as Matthews' theme song is repeated in a slow manner over a montage of Flemyng searching for her. This leads to a comical ending where everything is resolved and a happy ending is assured. Matthews is the whole show here, getting several nice production numbers and half a dozen men to dance with in one of them. Her musical abilities make you wonder how she would have done had she been paired in an American musical with Fred Astaire around this time which was apparently negotiated but never went through.