"Where Do We Go from Here" is a comedy, fantasy and musical that started out with a huge cast – with many small parts, but finished somewhat smaller. One can tell by the missing people from the cast list, and from the choppiness of the screenplay. The plot is OK and allows for Fox to use multiple wardrobes during this film. But there must have been quite a lot cut from the film.
Fred MacMurray is Bill Morgan, Joan Leslie is Sally Smith and June Haver is Lucilla Powell. They form the core of the various scenarios this script takes us through. Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics for the songs by Kurt Weill. These are some of the best parts of the film. The performers all are good, and the film has light comedy. The funniest song is "Nina, The Pinta and the Santa Maria."
The best lines happen when Bill is transported back to the pilgrim days of America. Bill asks a passer-by the name of the girl in the park, and the gent doesn't understand Bill's 20th century English. So he tries again, "In the park, a girl there is sitting. Her name, me you could tell?" The gent answers with a nod and smile, "Katrina."
After resolving a major problem over Manhattan Island (can anyone guess), Bill tells Katrina, "See it now, I can. For me in the whole world, the only girl you are." Katrina, "So glad I am. But, change your mind, what made you?" Actually that sounds like something from the future as well—well, the past future. Doesn't it sound a lot like Yoda in the Star Wars films?
This is light entertainment that some will enjoy. Others may be bored or soon lose interest.
Fred MacMurray is Bill Morgan, Joan Leslie is Sally Smith and June Haver is Lucilla Powell. They form the core of the various scenarios this script takes us through. Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics for the songs by Kurt Weill. These are some of the best parts of the film. The performers all are good, and the film has light comedy. The funniest song is "Nina, The Pinta and the Santa Maria."
The best lines happen when Bill is transported back to the pilgrim days of America. Bill asks a passer-by the name of the girl in the park, and the gent doesn't understand Bill's 20th century English. So he tries again, "In the park, a girl there is sitting. Her name, me you could tell?" The gent answers with a nod and smile, "Katrina."
After resolving a major problem over Manhattan Island (can anyone guess), Bill tells Katrina, "See it now, I can. For me in the whole world, the only girl you are." Katrina, "So glad I am. But, change your mind, what made you?" Actually that sounds like something from the future as well—well, the past future. Doesn't it sound a lot like Yoda in the Star Wars films?
This is light entertainment that some will enjoy. Others may be bored or soon lose interest.