Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas
Warner Bros., 1948, Color, 99 minutes, ***½

Premiere release June, 1948

General release July, 1948



Elvira Kent (Janis Paige) suspects her husband Michael (Don DeFore) of fooling around, so she secretly foregoes her ocean cruise to stay around and spy on him. She sends Georgia Garrett (Doris Day) on the cruise in her place. Michael thinks Elvira is cheating on him, so he sends a detective on the ocean cruise to keep an eye on her. The result is romance on the high seas between the detective and Georgia. Lots of fun!



Producer: Alex Gottlieb

Director: Michael Curtiz

Screenplay: I.A.L. Diamond, Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein

(based on the story "Romance in High C" by S. Pondal Rios and Carlos A. Olivari)

Music Director: Leo F. Forbstein

Song Score: Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne

Choreography: Busby Berkeley

Art Direction: Anton Grot

Special Effects: Robert Burks, Wilfred M. Cline and David Curtiz

Set Decoration: Howard Winterbottom

Sound: David Forrest, Everett A. Brown

Cinematography: Elwood Bredell

Special Effects: David Curtiz, Robert Burks, Wilfred M. Cline

Film Editing: Rudi Fehr



Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Score (Musical) and Best Song ("It's Magic")



Cast: Jack Carson [Peter Virgil], Janis Paige [Elvira Kent], Don DeFore [Michael Kent], Doris Day [Georgia Garrett], Oscar Levant [Oscar Farrar], S. Z. Sakall [Uncle Lazlo], Fortunio Bonanova [Plinio], Eric Blore [Ship's Doctor], Franklin Pangborn [Rio Hotel Clerk], Leslie Brooks [Miss Medwick], William Bakewell, John Alvin [Travel Agents], John Berkes [The Drunk], Kenneth Britton [Bartender], Frank Dae [Minister], John Holland [Best Man], Janet Warren [Organist], Douglas Kennedy [Car Salesman], Mary Field [Elvira's Maid], Tristram Coffin [Headwaiter on Ship], Grady Sutton [Radio Operator], Barbara Bates [Stewardess], Sandra Gould [Telephone Operator], Bess Flowers [Dance Floor Extra], Avon Long [Himself], The Samba Kings [Themselves], The Page Cavanaugh Trio [Themselves]



Musical Program: [0:13] I'm in Love (sung by Doris Day accompanied by Oscar Levant at the piano); [0:34] It's You or No One (sung by Doris Day with the Page Cavanaugh Trio); [0:37] The Tourist Trade (sung and danced by Avon Long); [0:42] It's Magic (excerpt sung in Spanish by wandering troubador, then sung in English by Doris Day joined by the troubador); [0:55] Put 'Em in a Box (sung by Doris Day with the Page Cavanaugh Trio); [0:58] Cuban Rhapsody (excerpt played by Oscar Levant); [1:00] It's You or No One (reprised by Doris Day); [1:04] In Trinidad (excerpt sung by The Samba Kings); [1:05] Run, Run, Run (sung Calypso style by Jack Carson with The Samba Kings); [1:19] It's Magic (reprised by Doris Day); [1:31] Two Lovers Meet in the Night (?) (played by Orchestra, danced by guests at nightclub); [1:35] It's Magic (reprised by Doris Day)