The Movie Theater Mall : Romance on the high seas

Stars :

Jack Carson ……... Peter Virgil, Private Detective
Janis Paige ……... Mrs. Elvira Kent
Don DeFore ……... Mr. Michael Kent

Doris Day …….. Miss Georgia Garrett
Oscar Levant ……... Oscar Farrar
S.Z. Sakall .........Uncle Lazlo Lazlo

“For its elaborate musical comedy Romance on the High Seas (1948), Warner Bros. had arranged to borrow Judy Garland from MGM. When Garland proved unavailable, the next choice was Paramount’s Betty Hutton -- who was forced to drop out at the last minute because she was pregnant. Desperate for a replacement as production was scheduled to begin, the film’s songwriters, Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, happened to hear a young band singer named Doris Day singing at a Hollywood party. At the urging of Styne and Cahn, Day reluctantly agreed to audition for the movie’s director, Michael Curtiz.”

This film centers on Georgia Garrett, a talented young singer, who has dreams of success in show business. Georgia is hired by a socialite, Elivia Kent , to impersonate her on a dream excursion (all expenses paid) to South America. This makes Mrs.Kent can remain in New York to spy on her suspected cheating husband. Mr.Kent likewise has suspicions concerning his wife's infidelities and hires a private investigator, Peter Virgil to monitor his wife's activities during her cruise to Rio.

Virgil meets Georgia Garrett as "Mrs. Kent" aboard the ship, and, naturally, falls in love with her, adding to the complications. Georgia's boyfriend, Oscar Ferrar , is also curious about his "girlfriend's" mysterious trip. He follows her to Rio because Georgia failed to explain fully how and why she was going on the cruise. After promising that she would uphold the dignity of Mrs. Kent's name, Georgia is offered a golden opportunity to sing aboard ship for a great deal of money, but must do it as "Mrs. Elvira Kent", not Georgia Garrett. When word of "Kent's" singing engagement hits the newspapers, the real Mrs. Kent is horrified and her husband becomes suspicious because his wife cannot sing a note.
At last, things end up in Rio and false identities are revealed. Georgia is finally freed to be herself, Mr. and Mrs. Kent discover that each of them is faithful and the film ends on a happy note with Georgia on her way to fame and fortune and professes her feelings for the man she really loves, Virgil!

This film has been reviewed as one of the light-hearted conventional movies. Likeable performances (backed by a sterling supporting cast), plus good Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn songs, make it all pleasantly painless.

This film's male cast is a very good one, and they receive most of the cargo of really funny lines: Don De Fore, Cuddles Sakall, Oscar Levant, and certainly Jack Carson.

The song "It's Magic" is rendered in such a fog-horn voice, it's a miracle. Doris Day is one of the greatest vocalists ever.

Have you ever heard such a beautiful song?
It’s here!

It's Magic
Words & Music by Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne
Recorded by Doris Day, 1948
Film : Romance on the high seas

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You sigh, the song begins;
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You speak and I hear violins -- it's magic.

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The stars desert the skies
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And rush to nestle in your eyes -- it's magic.

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Without a golden wand or mystic charms,
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Fantastic things begin when I am in your arms.

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When we walk hand in hand,
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The world becomes a wonderland -- it's magic.

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How else can I explain
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Those rainbows when there is no rain? It's mag - ic.

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Why do I tell myself
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These things that happen are all really true,

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When in my heart I know
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The magic is my love for you.




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