STARS
Debbie Reynolds as Carol Pace
Walter Pidgeon as RAdm. Daniel Xavier Smith
Vic Damone as Rico Ferrari
Gene Raymond as Wendell Craig
Walter Pidgeon as RAdm. Daniel Xavier Smith
Vic Damone as Rico Ferrari
Gene Raymond as Wendell Craig
Hit the Deck is the second film version of the same-named 1927 hit Broadway musical. Though updated in 1955, the basic plot remains the same. Sailors Tony Martin, Vic Damone and Russ Tamblyn spend their entire shore leave in pursuit of three beautiful gals. Martin is "that way" about Ann Miller, Damone is stuck on Jane Powell, and Russ Tamblyn only has eyes for Debbie Reynolds. Some fun is extracted from the fact that Tamblyn is the son of by-the-book admiral Walter Pidgeon. Additional comedy relief is provided by Alan King (the same!) and Henry Slate as a pair of dumb-dumb shore patrolmen.
Gobs pursuing gals, while on shore leave, was a situation that served musical movies (such as On the Town, Anchors Aweigh, etc.) for years. However, by 1955, it was a situation that needed some new twist if it wasn't to seem shopworn. Hit the Deck's screenplay didn't find that new twist. It also got some bad critics’ comments—one of silly MGM musicals. But it did boast a starry cast that makes the proceedings enjoyable. The women come off rather better than the men, as neither Vic Damone nor Tony Martin was great shakes dramatically. Russ Tamblyn was somewhat better as an actor, and his dancing was energetic. Debbie Reynolds and Ann Miller were even more energetic, raising the roof with their several dance routines, and Jane Powell was bright. Production values were very good, with a finale that for sheer size is breathtaking.
One of all time beautiful songs in Hit The Deck is More Than You Know. You’ll love it --whoever you are.
More Than You Know
Words & Music by Billy Rose / Edward Eliscu / Vincent Youmans
From the Broadway musical "Great Day" (1927)
From the 1930 movie "Hit The Deck" (re-made in 1955)
From the 1930 movie "Hit The Deck" (re-made in 1955)
Recorded by:
Billie Holiday - 1939
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (vocal: Helen Forrest) – 1940
Frank Sinatra-1942
Lena Horne - 1946
Ella Fitzgerald - 1949
Judy Garland - 1958
Pat Boone - 1959
Billie Holiday - 1939
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (vocal: Helen Forrest) – 1940
Frank Sinatra-1942
Lena Horne - 1946
Ella Fitzgerald - 1949
Judy Garland - 1958
Pat Boone - 1959
D7+5 G6 D7 G9
More than you know, more than you know,
G7 C Fdim Am
Girl of my heart, I love you so;
Cdim D7 A7 D9 D7 G Em Am7 D7
Lately I find, you're on my mind more than you know.
More than you know, more than you know,
G7 C Fdim Am
Girl of my heart, I love you so;
Cdim D7 A7 D9 D7 G Em Am7 D7
Lately I find, you're on my mind more than you know.
D7+5 G6 D7 G9
Whether you're right, whether you're wrong,
G7 C Fdim Am
Girl of my heart, I'll string along;
Cdim G E7 A9 D7 G Am G
I need you so, more than you'll ev - er know.
Bridge:
Em6 F#7 Bm
Loving you the way that I do,
Em F#m7 Bm
There's nothing I can do about it;
Gm A7 D Bm7
Loving may be all you can give,
E7 Em7 A7 D7 Fdim D
But Honey I can't live with - out it.
Whether you're right, whether you're wrong,
G7 C Fdim Am
Girl of my heart, I'll string along;
Cdim G E7 A9 D7 G Am G
I need you so, more than you'll ev - er know.
Bridge:
Em6 F#7 Bm
Loving you the way that I do,
Em F#m7 Bm
There's nothing I can do about it;
Gm A7 D Bm7
Loving may be all you can give,
E7 Em7 A7 D7 Fdim D
But Honey I can't live with - out it.
D7+5 G6 D7 G9
Oh how I'd cry, oh how I'd cry
G7 C Fdim Am
If you got tired, and said good-bye;
Cdim G E7 A9 D9 G Em Bm7-5 E7
More than I'd show, more than you'd ev - er know.
Oh how I'd cry, oh how I'd cry
G7 C Fdim Am
If you got tired, and said good-bye;
Cdim G E7 A9 D9 G Em Bm7-5 E7
More than I'd show, more than you'd ev - er know.
Coda:
Cdim G
More than I'd show,
E7 A9 D9 G Em Am7 Cm7 G6
More than you'd ev - er know.
Cdim G
More than I'd show,
E7 A9 D9 G Em Am7 Cm7 G6
More than you'd ev - er know.
