Johnny Downs and his musical cohort, the Merry Macs, wind up in Hawaii. There, Jane Frazee gets them a deal to sing on a radio show that her father, Leon Errol will sponsor, promoting his cannery's pineapple juice. However, when Errol feuds with his pineapple supplier, Richard Carle, all the younger people come up with schemes to either get Errol a source of pineapples, or Carle a cannery. Those, however, take money that neither man has -- especially after Errol smashes all of Carle's Ming pottery and Michelangelo sculptures -- so they set up a competition to marry rich Marjorie Gateson.
Miss Frazee gets top billing, so it's a musical, of course, although most of the tunes are carried by the Merry Macs. There's a lot of decent but forgettable music written by Don Raye and Gene De Paul. The highlight for me was a swing version of "Hawaiian War Chant" sung by the Merry Macs. Under the direction of Charles Lamont the comedy is more well-timed frenzy than funny. Still, it's short, fast-moving and musically ok. The music is swing boogie with Hawaiian guitars, lots of ukuleles and good orchestration.
Miss Frazee gets top billing, so it's a musical, of course, although most of the tunes are carried by the Merry Macs. There's a lot of decent but forgettable music written by Don Raye and Gene De Paul. The highlight for me was a swing version of "Hawaiian War Chant" sung by the Merry Macs. Under the direction of Charles Lamont the comedy is more well-timed frenzy than funny. Still, it's short, fast-moving and musically ok. The music is swing boogie with Hawaiian guitars, lots of ukuleles and good orchestration.