Word: superba
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...like the best Bing Crosby musicals which preceded it. With the quiet simplicity of a nursery rhyme it unrolls the fable of a lazy composer (Crosby) who collaborates with a pretty, ambitious lyricist (Mary Martin) in knocking out the popular tunes which make Basil Rathbone a Manhattan social superba. When Crosby and Martin set out to write under their own names they are accused of stealing the Rathbone style, tramp the edges off their heels in vain visits to song publishers. With this tissue-thin plot Director Victor Schertzinger has managed to string to gether 90 minutes of first-rate...