Sometime in the late 70's-early 80s, Canada College, San Mateo, Calif had a showing of this movie at a restored Redwood City, Calif. theater. Irene Manning attended and took questions. She was charming. The copy they used for the showing came from Dennis Morgan's private collection. The theater was full including the balconies.
Since I had always declared this movie my favorite of all time (I saw it when I was 10)I did not let my family come see it with me. I was afraid it would be as hokey as most of the older movies of the era, and they would laugh at me. I was amazed. The story line was relevant to the time. The dialog was not that outdated, in fact it was quite good (and they still made this a musical) Great color and photography. It was hard to believe it had been made in the 40's There must be someone who can get this picture out of the vault and onto DVD before all of us who have loved it and remembered it for over 60 years are gone.
Since I had always declared this movie my favorite of all time (I saw it when I was 10)I did not let my family come see it with me. I was afraid it would be as hokey as most of the older movies of the era, and they would laugh at me. I was amazed. The story line was relevant to the time. The dialog was not that outdated, in fact it was quite good (and they still made this a musical) Great color and photography. It was hard to believe it had been made in the 40's There must be someone who can get this picture out of the vault and onto DVD before all of us who have loved it and remembered it for over 60 years are gone.