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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even Betty Hutton playing twins can't do much to drag "Here Come the Waves" out of the rut which Hollywood hopefully labels "musical comedy." The picture is labored and lacks the spark which comes from inspired production.
The plot is complex at first glance; but it really doesn't amount to much. Betty Hutton starts out as twin sisters; one who is an ardent Bing Crosby fan, and the other who thinks him an annoying crooner. Bing, as a sobbing singer--genus Sinatraensis--falls for the twin...
Tomorrow the World (Fredric March, Skippy Homeier, Betty Field, Agnes Moorehead; TIME, Jan. 15).
At first Emil's Uncle Mike (Fredric March) and Mike's fiancee Leona (Betty Field) are no more than amusedly mystified by the child's heel-clicking, catatonic gestures of patriotism. His new schoolmates, too, are a lot more lenient and courteous than they would be apt...
Nearly all the supporting performances, especially those of Fredric March, Betty Field, and Agnes Moorhead as a confused spinster, are warm and sympathetic; and young Skippy Homeier captures as remarkably as ever the pathetic, frightening, overtones of the poisoned, pernicious little hero he created on the stage.