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This is a film to sit back to and let the spectacular fun unfold before you. The thin plot line in an extravagantly entertaining movie is of minor importance. This has voluptuous girls, catchy music, kaleidoscopic sets and glamourous costumes. Wartime escapism that did well at the box office. Fox's most expensive film of the war years allowed director-choreographer Busby Berkeley to let loose, and let loose he did in his first true technicolor venture. He was also free from the intense scrutiny of Darryl Zanuck (William LeBaron produced). The film is memorable for several reasons, most notably the Berkeley sequences as outrageously conceived as performed and featuring the persona of the dizzy, zany, Brazilian bombshell Carmen Miranda. Her rendition of 'The Lady In The Tutti Frutti Hat' in a mammoth head-dress of fruit is accompanied by an erotic chorus line of girls in tropical shorts and halter tops waving huge Freudian bananas and oversized strawberries.
Carmen Miranda sings:
'I wonder why does everbody look at me,
And then begin to talk about a Christmas tree'.
The finale number 'The Polka Dot Polka' is Berkeley arranging a nightclub chorus in front of revolving mirrors, neon-lit hoops allowing an endless variety of shapes and patterns. This was the gorgeous Alice Faye's last film for 19 years (expecting her second child then shockingly announcing retirement).Her songs are a (human) relief from the hullabaloo around her. 'No Love, No Nothin' (Until My Baby Comes Home) is sung with poignancy and another moving ballad 'A Journey To A Star' set in moonlight against a background featuring the Staten Island ferryboat. Both were huge hits. Harry Warren wrote most of the music (he apparently had to explain to Carmen that the songs were Italian not Brazilian) and Leo Robin most of the lyrics. Bennie Goodman appears and sings 'Minnie's In The Money', whilst other numbers include 'Paduca', 'Brazil','You Discover You're In New York'. Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, Phil Baker and Eugene Pallette come and go to add some humour when Carmen is not dominating. The flimsy plot involves Alice Faye falling for a soldier who goes to war and returns. Say no more. Close the curtains and be entertained by two legendary screen stars, Alice and Carmen, and be dazzled by Busby Berkeley.
Carmen Miranda sings:
'I wonder why does everbody look at me,
And then begin to talk about a Christmas tree'.
The finale number 'The Polka Dot Polka' is Berkeley arranging a nightclub chorus in front of revolving mirrors, neon-lit hoops allowing an endless variety of shapes and patterns. This was the gorgeous Alice Faye's last film for 19 years (expecting her second child then shockingly announcing retirement).Her songs are a (human) relief from the hullabaloo around her. 'No Love, No Nothin' (Until My Baby Comes Home) is sung with poignancy and another moving ballad 'A Journey To A Star' set in moonlight against a background featuring the Staten Island ferryboat. Both were huge hits. Harry Warren wrote most of the music (he apparently had to explain to Carmen that the songs were Italian not Brazilian) and Leo Robin most of the lyrics. Bennie Goodman appears and sings 'Minnie's In The Money', whilst other numbers include 'Paduca', 'Brazil','You Discover You're In New York'. Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, Phil Baker and Eugene Pallette come and go to add some humour when Carmen is not dominating. The flimsy plot involves Alice Faye falling for a soldier who goes to war and returns. Say no more. Close the curtains and be entertained by two legendary screen stars, Alice and Carmen, and be dazzled by Busby Berkeley.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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forget any story line or plot.watch it for the benny goodman numbers,the very freudian berkely banana routines
the quite risque (for its time)no love no nothin number (complete with waiting bed on the wings) and the mangled sayings of carmen miranda all in technicolor!fab
the quite risque (for its time)no love no nothin number (complete with waiting bed on the wings) and the mangled sayings of carmen miranda all in technicolor!fab
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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The only problem with The Gangs All Here is the plot. It keeps getting in the way of the production numbers. Busby Berkeley manages to shoehorn four major numbers in the just the first 30 minutes, and he doesn't let up much after that. These numbers include everything Busby Berkeley could think of, from Benny Goodman swinging "Minnie's in the Money" to Alice Faye singing "No Love, No Nothin'" to some bizarre extravaganzas featuring lots of thighs, bananas and Carmen Miranda. You'll want to hit the fast forward button at regular intervals to get past the dull parts between them. The story is corny, the romantic misunderstanding is...yawn... and the acting is often weak (James Ellison as the male lead) or prissily unfunny (Edward Everett Horton). Still, the Technicolor is as garish as you could want and the songs by Harry Warren and Leo Robin work well. There's little time to think of anything except the numbers and what Berkeley does with them. Says one film commentator, "[Berkeley] was a dance director who couldn't dance. In a Berkeley production it was the camera that danced." I'm not sure anyone could watch "The Lady with the Tutti Frutti Hat" and not be in awe of how Berkeley not only made use of all those chorines with the giant fruit, but how he kept the action going using his camera in intricately plotted movement. If you watch the Tutti Frutti number a second time, see how many of the chorus dancers you can spot with grim determination, not smiles, on their faces as they lug those giant bananas around and struggle to hit their marks while the camera swoops and turns.
The story? Alice Faye is a showgirl. James Ellison is a soldier, the son of a wealthy family soon off to the Pacific. They fall for each other, but he has a sort of girl friend. His parents and the girl's parents think they should get hitched. Will Alice and Jim work things out? They do after approximately 100 minutes. Among the relatives and friends are Carmen Miranda, Eugene Pallette, Charlotte Greenwood and Horton,
There are a number of reasons to watch this movie, especially if you're interested in Busby Berkeley. It turned out to be his swan song as a major force in the movies. For me, the production numbers are a lot of fun, but the best reason is that classic song by Warren and Robin that Alice Faye introduced...
No love, no nothin'
Until my baby comes home.
No fun with no one,
As long as baby must roam.
I promised him I'd wait for him
Till even Hades froze.
I'm lonesome, heaven knows,
But what I said still goes.
No love, no nothin'
And that's a promise I'll keep.
No sir, no nothin'
I'm getting plenty of sleep.
My heart's on strike,
And tho' its like
An empty honeycomb,
No love, no sir, no nothin'
Till my baby comes home.
This became one of America's great songs of longing during WWII. If you want to hear more of them, you can't do better than Jo Stafford and her CD, G.I. Jo - Songs of World War II.
The story? Alice Faye is a showgirl. James Ellison is a soldier, the son of a wealthy family soon off to the Pacific. They fall for each other, but he has a sort of girl friend. His parents and the girl's parents think they should get hitched. Will Alice and Jim work things out? They do after approximately 100 minutes. Among the relatives and friends are Carmen Miranda, Eugene Pallette, Charlotte Greenwood and Horton,
There are a number of reasons to watch this movie, especially if you're interested in Busby Berkeley. It turned out to be his swan song as a major force in the movies. For me, the production numbers are a lot of fun, but the best reason is that classic song by Warren and Robin that Alice Faye introduced...
No love, no nothin'
Until my baby comes home.
No fun with no one,
As long as baby must roam.
I promised him I'd wait for him
Till even Hades froze.
I'm lonesome, heaven knows,
But what I said still goes.
No love, no nothin'
And that's a promise I'll keep.
No sir, no nothin'
I'm getting plenty of sleep.
My heart's on strike,
And tho' its like
An empty honeycomb,
No love, no sir, no nothin'
Till my baby comes home.
This became one of America's great songs of longing during WWII. If you want to hear more of them, you can't do better than Jo Stafford and her CD, G.I. Jo - Songs of World War II.
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