It's 1922 New York City. Millie Dillmount (Julie Andrews) decides to start following the thoroughly modern trends. She is staying at the Priscilla Hotel for Single Young Ladies run by Mrs. Meers. Naive new arrival Miss Dorothy Brown (Mary Tyler Moore) is an upper class orphan from California looking to be a stage actress. Meers and her Chinamen are actually white slavers. Her next target is Dorothy. Millie has a fling with paper clip salesman Jimmy Smith. The girls meet Jimmy's friend eccentric widower performer Muzzy Van Hossmere (Carol Channing). Millie gets a job working for Trevor Graydon of the Sincere Trust Insurance Company. Unwilling to pursue the carefree Jimmy, Millie pursues Trevor instead but she's too modern for him. He's looking to marry someone old fashion like Dorothy.
There are issues to overcome. This is a light-hearted spoof musical screwball comedy. The white slavery and menacing Chinamen are meant as throwbacks to old Hollywood but they do come with difficult baggage. The flat chest jokes are more lighter and easier to fit the comedic tone. The music is a mix of new and old. The Harold Lloyd thrills don't really fit. Then there is the awkward takedown of the white slavery ring. The premise just clashes with a light happy screwball comedy and it's kinda racist.
There are issues to overcome. This is a light-hearted spoof musical screwball comedy. The white slavery and menacing Chinamen are meant as throwbacks to old Hollywood but they do come with difficult baggage. The flat chest jokes are more lighter and easier to fit the comedic tone. The music is a mix of new and old. The Harold Lloyd thrills don't really fit. Then there is the awkward takedown of the white slavery ring. The premise just clashes with a light happy screwball comedy and it's kinda racist.