Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

edwagreen I realize that the years pass and we all get older, but by film's end Betty Grable looked like an old has-been up against John Payne who aged properly for film purposes.This being said, we have an endearing fictional biography of the Dolly Sisters who made it so big in revue's and vaudeville in the 1900s, but their devotion to each other just about wrecked Grable's relations with her husband, Harry Fox, played amicably by John Payne, who belts out I'm Always Chasing Rainbows and ditties with pleasure.How come June Haver, as the other sister, never ages in the film?The music and dancing here are wonderful and the story line, though so familiar in Hollywood land, is done well.As the uncle, S.Z. Sakall is given little to do here and doesn't do his usual fracturing of the English language.With that feel good ending, the beautiful set decorations just add to this tuneful rendition.

DKosty123 It's big, it's Technicolor. June Haver and Betty Gable have great legs. The staging and the music are top. The movie made lots of money. What's wrong? This Biographical picture is so fictionalized that it does not do the Dolly sisters the correct way.Granted doing it better might have to depict suicide which both sisters attempted quite graphically. The real story does deserve more than it gets here. The script is way too Hollywood to give an audience a feel good story and not anywhere near the truth. To me the real sisters are more like the Gabor sisters than depicted here. In real life they are Brunettes and short, not tall and blonde. The best depiction in the movie is Harry Fox.Neat to see Elmira, NY, mentioned early in the film. Not sure about any real event there as that location does not seem to be in any internet account of any of these folks. It is possible though Elmira has more to do with Mark Twain and later Ernie Davis than the Dolly Sisters or Fox.Mila Kunis would be the brunette I'd choose to be a Dolly Sister in a remake. She is short and would definitely light up the screen. I am not sure who her twin co-star would be. Aston Kutcher as Harry Fox? I think there are male actors who would be better. It would be a fun film to do a costume remake of with this generation trying to recreate the past. This old one is a Grable formula remake. Though it is pretty, I think it could be done even better. I am sure the real story and a more real script would benefit this material.

jotix100 This colorful musical directed with great style by Irving Cummings is a delightful way to spend some happy moments. This 1945 Fox film presents the life of two sisters that became a sensation in America at the beginning of the last century. The music is the best excuse to watch this happy movie. We first meet the young Dolly Sisters, Jenny and Rose, as they arrive in America from their native Hungary. The girls are talented and soon, they are delighting the vaudeville circuit with their charm and talent. Their career soared after Harry Fox, who later became Jenny's husband, introduces them to the great Oscar Hammerstein, who sees in the women, an amazing capacity to entertain the public of the era.As played by Betty Grable and June Haver, the Dolly Sisters are irresistible! The real sisters were not blond, but who could fault the stars with the disarming way they act in the musical? Ms. Grable and Ms. Haver are a sight for sore eyes!As the man in Jennie's life, John Payne plays Harry Fox convincingly. Mr. Payne projects a virile figure and he is perfect opposite the gorgeous Betty Grable. His composition in the movie, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbow" was written by Harry Carroll and Joseph McCarthy whose inspiration is the Chopin's Fantasy and Impromptu in C Minor and it blends perfectly in the composition and in the subtext of the film. There are also appearances by that charming character actor, S. Z. Sakall, who plays the girl's uncle. Also Reginald Gardiner does good work as the Duke of Breck.This is a fine musical that will delight fans of the genre.

florriebbc I was 8 years old when I first saw this movie in 1945. I was so impressed with the blond beauty of both girls and to know that the Dolly Sisters were real people. June Haver and Betty Grable really looked alike. In my childs mind I thought they were my private dancers and I wanted to be just like them. I actually thought I was the only one who knew about them and they were my secret......What a kid! Thanks for listening. Florence Forrester-Stockton