Was Jimmy Stewart Born to Dance? I don't think so, even if he was taught to do a couple of time steps while Eleanor Powell does fouettes that send her ankles above her head. He does introduce Cole Porter's "Easy to Love" , though it's Virginia Bruce who gets to sing "Love Me, Love My Pekinese".
One of the complaints about musicals and comedies, uttered by people who don't understand them, is that the flow has to be interrupted for a song or gag. "Not in good ones!" we, who love them reply, but it is a legitimate complaint about this one. MGM spent a lot of money on sets, actors, scores and borrowing Lloyd Bacon from Warners. However, the script, as it currently exists, pits the subplots against each other, and then everything stops dead to have Miss Powell or Buddy Ebsen dance. There is no flow, no story, just a bunch of subplots and dances fighting each other for screen time.
One of the complaints about musicals and comedies, uttered by people who don't understand them, is that the flow has to be interrupted for a song or gag. "Not in good ones!" we, who love them reply, but it is a legitimate complaint about this one. MGM spent a lot of money on sets, actors, scores and borrowing Lloyd Bacon from Warners. However, the script, as it currently exists, pits the subplots against each other, and then everything stops dead to have Miss Powell or Buddy Ebsen dance. There is no flow, no story, just a bunch of subplots and dances fighting each other for screen time.