In this short from Vitaphone, Hal Leroy is a dancing sign painter, replacing a knight on a sign with a Scotchman. June Allyson, watches him and protests at his replacing her friend, whom he calls "Sir Lancelot. She's stuck in her apartment because she's late on her rent. If she leaves, she fears she will be locked out.
There's dancing, there's swing music, there's a chorus line of young beauties dancing to a swing version of "Loch Lomond." It's a bright and pleasing short.
Miss Allyson is not as she would become in her long career at MGM. Here, she's young and sings in the swing style, suggesting more Betty Hutton than the perfect helpmeet. In fact, her success on Broadway -- and later, Hollywood -- was very dependent on Miss Hutton. She had been in the chorus and a few small roles when she was hired to understudy Hutton in the stage version of PANAMA HATTIE. Betty came down with the measles, and June went on in her place.
There's dancing, there's swing music, there's a chorus line of young beauties dancing to a swing version of "Loch Lomond." It's a bright and pleasing short.
Miss Allyson is not as she would become in her long career at MGM. Here, she's young and sings in the swing style, suggesting more Betty Hutton than the perfect helpmeet. In fact, her success on Broadway -- and later, Hollywood -- was very dependent on Miss Hutton. She had been in the chorus and a few small roles when she was hired to understudy Hutton in the stage version of PANAMA HATTIE. Betty came down with the measles, and June went on in her place.