This is a very weak Universal World War II musical that focuses on small town girl Grace McDonald who has moved to Washington DC to find a job and a room and ends up being thought to be a spy by co-worker Robert Paige who romances her to find out the truth. With the help of her roommates (which includes comedy shorts veteran Vera Vague), McDonald track down the real spy ring and the revelation of the top female boss is quite a shock to them, if not the audience.
The weak comedy and mediocre songs makes this musical, which runs under an hour, dragged along and even with some slapstick towards the end, it ends up being a complete waste of time. Audiences in the 1940's may have found this amusing in small doses, and certainly The comedy of that era can hold up. The problem is that doesn't happen in this film oh, and I really couldn't wait for it to be over. Even the presence of comic character actor Walter Catlett can't save it. Silly comedy killed vaudeville, and the type of comedy here killed the B comedy musical.
The weak comedy and mediocre songs makes this musical, which runs under an hour, dragged along and even with some slapstick towards the end, it ends up being a complete waste of time. Audiences in the 1940's may have found this amusing in small doses, and certainly The comedy of that era can hold up. The problem is that doesn't happen in this film oh, and I really couldn't wait for it to be over. Even the presence of comic character actor Walter Catlett can't save it. Silly comedy killed vaudeville, and the type of comedy here killed the B comedy musical.
