Delightfully Dangerous

Director: Arthur Lubin Arthur Lubin

Overview

In this film, 15-year-old Cheryl Williams is led to believe that her older sister Josephine is a big Broadway star. In truth, Josephine is a stripper. The fun begins when Cheryl arrives in New York, figures out the truth, and tries to marry Josephine off to Broadway producer Arthur Hale.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/13/2015
UPC:	0644827113224
Original Release:	1945
Source:	Reel Vault
Language:	English

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jane Powell	Sherry Williams
Constance Moore	Josephine 'Jo' Williams / Bubbles Barton
Ralph Bellamy	Arthur Hale
Arthur Treacher	Jeffers, Hale's Butler
Louise Beavers	Hannah
Ruth Tobey	Molly
Ruth Robinson	Mrs. Jones
Andre Charlot	Professor Bremond
Shirley Hunter Williams	Nadine
Chris Drake	Jimmy Burns - Sailor
Morton Gould	Actor

Technical Credits

Arthur Phillips

Arthur Lubin	Director
Joseph S. Tushinksy	Producer
Arthur Phillips	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

One watches the mediocre musical Delightfully Dangerous wishing it were a bit more delightful -- or even a bit more dangerous. Not that Dangerous is bad or difficult to sit through; as long as one has a fondness for lightweight, inconsequential musicals, it's a pleasant little diversion. However, those that dislike musicals, or who want their musicals more challenging, or even who simply want their musicals to contain above average scores, will likely find Dangerous not really to their liking. The screenplay is poor, with one of those stories that has to be handled extremely carefully and with the perfect degree of finesse to come off. The quartet of credited writers fumble the job, and Arthur Lubin, while providing some good visual moments, isn't able to clean up the storytelling mess. An outstanding score would have gone a long way to compensating for the script, but Morton Gould's original pieces, while not without technical interest, don't really please, and the Strauss medley is too long on the on hand and gives short shrift to the songs included on the other. The cast, fortunately, helps to make Dangerous watchable, with a very young Jane Powell in fine voice, Constance Moore looking quite fetching, Ralph Bellamy going through his paces ably, and valuable assists from Arthur Treacher and Louise Beavers.