After a promising start, this film nosedives into a ridiculous plot that not only seems to run forever, but even succeeds in smothering some of the music-and-song interludes. With a super-perky performer like Betty Hutton in the lead, you would think that a hard task, but somehow – maybe due to slack direction by Hal Walker (he earned his wings as an assistant director 1932-1942) – the movie manages to out-stay its welcome. Another problem is that the scenario makes little sense. This would not be so bad in itself if it were not pushed into our faces all the time. A wise director would soft- peddle the stupid story and not keep thrusting it into the foreground. In fact, thanks to Mr. Walker, the dopey plot is played out with such vehemence that it even succeeds in smothering some of the musical highlights. One-note Betty Hutton, as we all well-know, doesn't know how to practice restraint, but we expect an actor who lacks charisma – like Don DeFore – to stay in the background and not keep thrusting himself forward. But, I agree, an actor can only obey directions from his director, and if a director doesn't ask him to tone down his performance, he's not going to do it. Fortunately, Barry Fitzgerald not only does his best to even the score but even does his own stuntwork! He's a brave man, that's for sure! I wouldn't do it in a million years, let alone repeat the stunt as Barry does here. Alas, even Fitz is ultimately defeated by the ridiculous, over-wordy and over-plotted script. No, I'm wrong! The script is both over-plotted and under-plotted. It even invades some of the musical numbers. In all, at 98 minutes, the movie runs far too long. Its stupid plot and totally unbelievable characters don't help. At 90 minutes, you might just get away with it, but saddled with over-bouncy Betty, pushy Don and slow-talking Barry – especially scene-hogging Don – no way! Available on a very good 50- Movie-Mega-Pack Comedy Classics DVD.

Very dull clunker with Ms Hutton as a coat check girl at the Stork club who saves an old man from drowning .he turns out to be a millionaire and secretly rewards her with charge accounts ,a luxury apt and money. Once she realizes its no joke,she spends like there's no tomorrow,buying mink coats for her and her gf and even buying suits for the old man whom she thinks is just a down and out loser- For someone who was working a lowly job for probably a few bucks- to go out and buy mink coats etc, she has no concept of reality,it just seems very greedy and selfish of her to do so, coming into money and you go out and spend thousands without knowing where it came from and from who and not even knowing how much was given for her to use. She is rather snobbish in one scene with her new chauffeur basically treating him like crap, I had no respect for her. She still continues to work at the Stork club for some reason and the owner seems to show interest in her moving up and not chastising her for being late, I don't get that part of the plot , why would the owner of a posh club in 1945 give a hoot about a lowly coat check girl? and the millionaire giving her all that money and her saying that it ruined her life because her jealous jerk of a bf played by don defore thinks shes a kept girl. She sure didn't care about other people when she was buying minks and treating the chauffeur like crap. Her Bf dumps her ,i would have too and I would have dumped him too- Don Defore is supposed to be a marine ? yeah right b/s - he looks like he just got out of a limo with his perfect hair and tux - if he was a marine just coming back from the war in the pacific -he would have been battle hardened and not looking like Cary Grant. the conclusion of the movie is one of those unbelievable fantasy all smiles crap. I thought Hutton played a real jerk and her bf a jerk too. The rich millionaire and his wife were no more than fillers when Hutton wasn't whining or looking for sympathy on screen. Lousy movie. 1/10

Betty Hutton works overtime at being indefatigable playing a hat-check girl/band singer who saves a bum's life, not knowing he's a multimillionaire; he becomes her secret benefactor, much to the dismay of her jealous orchestra-leader boyfriend. Overwritten comedy from B.G. DeSylva and John McGowan is mercilessly talky and comically complicated, with bosses, lovers, husbands and wives all trying to fool one another into happiness. Hutton is remarkable, however; she's terribly aware of the camera and keeps playing to the collective funny bone, yet she radiates chummy charm and her musical numbers are memorably spirited. The excellent supporting cast includes Barry Fitzgerald, Robert Benchley, Don DeFore, and the wisecracking Iris Adrian, a stitch as Hutton's gal-pal. **1/2 from ****

This astonishingly lame Betty Hutton musical brawl was an astoundingly profitable musical for Paramount in 1945 recouping TEN times its production costs in rentals from around the world. However, it must have been one of those 'it seemed funny at the time' events because today it is underwhelming indeed. I can only imagine that everyone was so delighted at the end of WW2 that they all went to the movies in 1945 and laughed uproariously at almost anything.... because that is what this weak comedy musical is...almost anything. A baffling and silly story sees Betty in the Stork Club where she yells and sings. That's it. I had been keen for years to see this no-film because of it's reputation in profit, but within ten minutes I became confused and thought I must have the wrong film. By the time we actually got to the Stork Club I realised the film was a dud and it made sense that the film was so long unseen. It really had no energy and interest and therefore no relevance to anything after 1946. I know a lot of other films do not either but at least they might not be boring and have some entertainment value. The nonsense in the no plot with Barry Fitzgerald made it seem all the more plausible that he fled to Republic Pictures and took the trip to Ireland in 1950 to make THE QUIET MAN.