Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami
20th Century-Fox, 1941, Color, 91 minutes, ***½
Released June, 1941

This sparkling 1941 musical tour of Miami's glamorous social set stars Betty Grable, Carole Landis, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings and Charlotte Greenwood.

Weary of their waitress jobs at a Texas drive-in, Kay and Barbara Latimer (Grable and Landis) gamble every cent they've got on an elaborate plot to land at least one rich husband. With Kay posing as a wealthy heiress, Barbara as her secretary and Aunt Susan (Greenwood) as their maid, they head for Miami in search of millionaires. It almost works: Although wealthy playboy Jeff Bolton (Robert Cummings) falls for the gorgeous Kay, she winds up losing her heart to Phil O'Neil (Don Ameche), who hasn't got a dime. And the complications continue from there in this enjoyable romp filled with love songs under the palms and lively nightclub extravaganzas.
Produced by: Harry Joe Brown
Directed by: Walter Lang
Screen Play by: Vincent Lawrence and Brown Holmes
Adaptation by: George Seaton and Lynn Starling
From a Play by Stephen Powys ("Three Blind Mice")
Lyrics and Music by: Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger
Dances Staged by: Hermes Pan
Musical Direction: Alfred Newman
Art Direction: Richard Day, Wiard B. Ihnen
Set Decorations: Thomas Little
Costumes: Travis Banton
Sound: Arthur von Kirbach, Roger Heman
Directors of Photography: Peverell Marley, Leon Shamroy, Allen M. Davey
Photographed in Technicolor
Technicolor Director: Natalie Kalmus
Associate: Morgan Padelford
Film Editor: Walter Thompson

Location Photography: Puddle Jumping at Florida Cypress Gardens, Winterhaven, Florida; Underwater and Diving Bell at Silver Springs, Ocala, Florida; Underwater Scenes at Rainbow Springs, Ocala Florida

Cast: Don Ameche [Phil O'Neil], Betty Grable [Kay Latimer], Robert Cummings [Jeffrey Bolton], Carole Landis [Barbara Latimer], Jack Haley [Jack O'Hara], Charlotte Greenwood [Susan Latimer], Cobina Wright, Jr. [Connie Fentress], Lynne Roberts [Jennie May], Robert Conway [Mr. Lester], George Lessey [William Bolton], Condos Brothers [Themselves, dance specialty], Jack Cole & Co. [Themselves, dance troupe], Robert Greig [Brearley], Minor Watson [Reynolds], Fortunio Bonanova [Mr. Pretto], George Humbert [Drivein Proprietor], Spencer Charters [Postman], Additional Cast: Larry McGrath [Bartender], Mel Ruick [Band Leader], Leyland Hodgson [Victor, the Waiter], Hermes Pan [Dancer]

Musical Program: [0:00] Moon over Miami (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:01] What Can I Do for You? (sung and danced by Betty Grable and Carole Landis as singing waitresses); [0:06] Oh Me, Oh Mi-Ami (sung by Chorus behind montage of scenes of Miami); [0:09] Oh Me, Oh Mi-Ami (sung by Betty Grable, Carole Landis and Charlotte Greenwood); [0:20] You Started Something (sung by Robert Cummings and Betty Grable, danced by the Condos Brothers and Betty Grable); [0:28] You Started Something (sung by Don Ameche while dancing with Betty Grable); [0:30] I've Got You All to Myself (sung by Don Ameche); [0:40] Is That Good? (sung and danced by Jack Haley and Charlotte Greenwood); [0:46] Loveliness and Love (sung by Don Ameche, Betty Grable and Chorus); [0:56] The Kindergarten Conga (sung by Betty Grable and Chorus; danced by Hermes Pan, Betty Grable and Chorus); [1:20] Seminole Legend (Solitary Seminole) (sung by Chorus, danced by Jack Cole & Co., the Condos Brothers and Ensemble); [1:30] You Started Something (sung by Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Carole Landis, Robert Cummings, Charlotte Greenwood and Jack Haley); [1:30] Oh Me, Oh Mi-Ami (sung by Chorus behind end credits)