Four and a half stars maybe seems high, but I don’t care. This was a first-time watch for me and I had an absolute blast with it.
Every musical number is great, the Frankie and Johnny number at the end is God-level good. I adored the volleyball game dance, the drunk showgirl sequence, the Japanese girl… there was so much amazing stuff! Dan Dailey and Cyd Charisse had surprisingly great chemistry, which I was NOT expecting… this is, without a doubt, the most I’ve ever liked Dailey in a film, and I’ve seen a lot of him over the years.
The choreography is by Hermes Pan, and damned if this wasn’t some of his best work. Every dance number is…