Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Jane Powell stars as a 15 year-old who goes to a boarding school and idolizes her sister (Constance Moore). This sister, according to Jane, is a Broadway star and she regales her classmates of stories about the sister. However, her sister is NOT the sort of star she assumed, as she is a Burlesque performer. On a lark, Powell decides to leave school and go to New York to see her perform. When she does, she is indeed shocked--and her illusions are destroyed. Moore would like to show Powell around the city, but her show is about to go on the road. Jumping in to save the day is nice-guy Ralph Bellamy--a Broadway producer who has taken a special interest in Jane. In fact, when Jane first sees her sister on stage, she runs away and looks for Bellamy for help. And, naturally, since he's so gosh-darn swell, he agrees to watch Jane and put her on a train back to the school. Naturally the plan doesn't go as expected--mostly because of Powell's hijinx.To me, this was a very unsettling film. Powell looked to be about 15 and when Bellamy jumps in to help, you can't help but feel creeped out--and wonder if he might be a child molester--especially when he practically begs her sister to let him help! Maybe it didn't seem so creepy back in 1945, but with today's sensibilities you can't help but find the plot very worrisome. Now back then, they did NOT put characters in films who were into pedophilia--so it was all pretty innocent. But would you let a strange man you barely know hang out with your teen and be responsible for her?!?! Creepy indeed--and the title doesn't help at all to dispel this feeling! Interestingly, however, I seem to be the only reviewer so far that was bothered by all this--perhaps it's because I am a father with a teenage daughter! If you can manage to look beyond this, the film is a pleasant piece of fluff. How much you'll like it will depend a lot on whether you like the style of singing in the movie, as Powell's voice was almost operatic and not the sort of voice that the average person would enjoy. It's at best a fair musical--and one mostly for die-hard musical fans and non-fathers!

Five writers worked on this kinda-cute/kinda-silly frolic starring Jane Powell as a 15-year-old boarding school youngster who's been bragging about her big sister, a Broadway chanteuse; turns out sis is really a burlesque queen nicknamed "Bubbles Barton", a secret which her idolizing sibling finds out the hard way. Begins with a flurry of teenage activity and wisecracks, some of which are very funny. Second act away from the school settles into more conventional comic material, ending with both sisters on stage for some trilling and hoofing. Pleasant enough, but Super Duper thin. Director Arthur Lubin sets up several creative visual gags, but he can't do much with the film's sentimental side, which is pure mush. ** from ****

This is only Jane Powell's second movie and she can more than hold her own. She plays the little sister of Constance Moore, who is a big star in New York. Ralph Bellamy plays a Broadway producer and really gives a great performance. Jane wants to follow her big sister to New York and she won't let her go. Jane talks with Ralph about her sister and he tells everyone what a big star she is on Broadway. Jane goes to New York to see her anyway. She is crushed when her sister is the star of a burlesque show. She runs into Ralph and he calms her down and calls for her sister. He explains to the sister why he lied to Jane about her. Jane is noticed and hired to do a show until they find out what her sister does. Jane finds out Ralph needs talent for his show and she secretly records her sister. He hears it and hires her. She does a great job and Jane also gets to sing in the play. This was a nice movie with a good pace to it. The three leads were perfectly cast and I recommend watching this film. The DVD releases are cheaply produced, but it's still worth watching.

This light musical is solid if nothing special, with a story, characters, and production that are all about average overall. The cast is probably the strongest part if it, with a young Jane Powell in the lead role.The story concerns two sisters and their dreams of a career in show business. As the younger of the two, Powell's character wants to be a singer, and Powell is given several opportunities to perform. As her sister, Constance Moore has a simpler role, but she fulfills it adequately. Ralph Bellamy probably gives the best performance, and he is well-cast as a well-meaning, slightly befuddled Broadway producer. Arthur Treacher also pitches in playing Bellamy's butler.Most of the rest of it is rather plain, although there are no real flaws. The story is purely lightweight, but it has enough to keep you watching, and the characters are just believable enough to make you care about them.