True to form 20th Century Fox bought the rights to the Revue written by Harold Rome, brought in three other songwriting teams and ditched half of Rome's score including the one number - South America, Take It Away - that had made a noise largely via a record by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. What remains is a somewhat predictable plot that fits where it touches and involves Dan Dailey trying to win back estranged wife Betty Grable in the immediate post-war climate. Grable is touring a show pitched at GIs awaiting transport home and Dailey, her ex-partner, wangles a co-starring part despite being AWOL. Dale Robertson provides conflict in the love-interest department and pfc Danny Thomas keeps angling for a break. It's something you see once and forget as you leave the movie theatre.
Review of Call Me Mister
