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Song of the islands (1942)

A popular dance team splits up because he can't resist looking at other women. She finds another partner and starts a western tour, and her old partner shows up at Lake Louise with a butler and secretary in tow! That's when the misunderstandings (and the fun) begin.

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  • "Spring time in the Rockies"@en
  • "Song of the islands"@en

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  • "A popular dance team splits up because he can't resist looking at other women. She finds another partner and starts a western tour, and her old partner shows up at Lake Louise with a butler and secretary in tow! That's when the misunderstandings (and the fun) begin."@en
  • "A romantic comedy. Wedding bells will ring only if the budding romance can survive a pair of feuding fathers."@en
  • "After being educated on the mainland, Eileen O'Brien comes home to live with her father. But their idyllic existence is threatened when Jefferson Harper arrives to close a deal that directly involves their land. Once Jefferson lays eyes on Eileen he loses his head for business, but wedding bells will ring only if this budding romance can survive a pair of feuding fathers."@en
  • ""The co-stars of a Broadway musical, though in the midst of romance, are continually at loggerheads over the man's weakness for pretty girls"--TV guide."@en
  • ""During the thirty-fourth week of their hit Broadway show, dancer Vicky Lane awaits the arrival of her partner, Dan Christy, but as usual, he is late. Vicky thinks that Dan is buying her an engagement ring and is infuriated to discover that he has been on a date with socialite Marilyn Crothers. Fed up with Dan's womanizing and insensitivity, Vicky quits the show and returns to her former dancing partner and beau, Victor Prince, who is still in love with her. Three months pass as Dan sinks into a depression and cannot find a backer for his new show. His agent, the Commissioner, tells him that businessmen Bickel and Brown will back his show, but only if he can get Vicky to return. Dan is pessimistic, for Vicky and Victor are beginning a new engagement with Harry James and his Music Makers at a Lake Louise resort in the Canadian Rockies. The Commissioner tells Dan to romance Vicky so that she will come back, and not tell her about Bickel and Brown until she arrives in New York. He then asks bartender McTavish to get the drunken Dan on the next plane to Lake Louise. When Dan awakens sometime later, he finds himself at the Canadian resort and learns that he has hired McTavish as his valet and Rosita Murphy, who was working in a Detroit souvenir shop, as his secretary. He then confronts Vicky, who happily shows off the engagement ring given to her by Victor. Dan is discouraged but hits upon the scheme of making Vicky jealous by romancing Rosita. His plan appears to be working until Vicky learns the truth from Rosita, who has aroused the interest of Victor, although she prefers McTavish. Vicky's friend, Phoebe Gray, is also intrigued by McTavish, and the couples spend much time pursuing and arguing with each other. One evening, Dan barges into Vicky's room and refuses to leave when she summons Victor. Angered by Dan's presence, Victor accuses Vicky of being unfaithful, and she breaks off their engagement. Later that evening, Vicky and Dan reconcile, and he promises to be honest with her. He tries to tell her about the new show, but she rushes off to plan their departure the next morning. As she is checking out in the morning, Vicky runs into the Commissioner, and Bickel and Brown, who have just arrived and spill the beans about the show. Thinking that Dan is using her once again, Vicky runs off in tears, but the quick-thinking Rosita is able to cover up for Dan and convince Vicky that he intended to take her to California for their honeymoon. In the process, however, Bickel and Brown are lost as sponsors and Rosita must persuade McTavish to invest some of his inheritance into Vicky and Dan's new show. That accomplished, the show opens with Vicky and Dan as the star performers, supported by Harry James, Rosita and Victor, and McTavish and Phoebe"--AFI catalog, 1941-1950."@en
  • ""On the tiny Hawaiian island of Ahmi-Oni, Irish beachcomber Dennis O'Brien lives an idyllic life with the native Hawaiians on his beachfront property. Everyone is overjoyed by the return of O'Brien's daughter Eileen, who has been away at school for three years. Eileen, who was reared by the natives as one of their own, is equally happy to be home. The night of Eileen's welcome-home luau, the island also sees the arrival of Jefferson Harper, whose father owns the cattle ranch that occupies the majority of Ahmi-Oni. With Jeff is his Texan pal, Rusty Smith, who has a full-time job keeping Jeff from constantly pursuing pretty girls. Jeff instantly falls for Eileen, who temporarily misleads him into thinking that she is a native. Eileen escorts them to the Harper ranch, where they are greeted by foreman John Rodney. Rodney explains that they need O'Brien's land, which has the only deep-water harbor on the island, to build a pier for more productive shipping of their cattle. Harper, who has never visited Ahmi-Oni, has been trying to buy the land for years, but O'Brien wishes to keep it as a sanctuary for the natives, whom he believes Harper does not understand. Jeff and Rusty spend the next three weeks on the island, during which Jeff and Eileen fall in love, and Rusty tries to avoid the attention of native singer Palola, while pursuing her cousin Paulani. When Jeff declares his intention to stay and run the ranch, a disgruntled Rusty tells Rodney, who in turn calls Harper. Harper immediately flies out from Chicago to stop what he believes is his son's foolishness. Harper declares that the O'Briens are fortune hunters, but once Jeff makes him meet them, Harper likes them. He nonetheless spoils the party they give him by insisting that O'Brien sell him his land. Soon harsh words are exchanged, with even Jeff and Eileen joining in the argument. The Harpers try to return to their side of the island, but the only connecting bridge is washed out during a storm. Jeff and his father must stay with the O'Briens, and although Jeff is unable to reconcile with Eileen, Harper finally becomes friends with O'Brien. Soon after, Harper buys O'Brien's land, which is up for sale by the government due to nonpayment of taxes. Harper intends this as a gesture to reunite the children, but Rodney sends the O'Briens an eviction notice without consulting him. Everyone is furious with Harper, but he is able to explain the situation to O'Brien. During a luau that evening to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Rusty, Harper and O'Brien connive to convince Eileen that Jeff has left. Eileen rushes out to see the departing plane, but Jeff is on the beach waiting for her. The quarreling lovers are reunited, and everyone sings as the families are assured of a peaceful and prosperous future together"--AFI catalog, 1941-1950."@en
  • "(1st work) A dance team splits up because he can't resist looking at other women. She finds another partner and starts a western tour, and her old partner shows up at Lake Louise with a butler and secretary in tow! (2nd work) A western plot set on a Hawaiian Island, complete with the Cattle Baron's son in love with a farmer's daughter."@en
  • "Romantic comedy set on a Hawaiian isle involves a land feud between two families."@en
  • "Romantic comedy set on a Hawaiian isle involves a land feud between two families."
  • ""When the beautiful daughter of a Hawaii-based Irish planter falls for the handsome son of a local cattle baron, it seems like the perfect match-- until they get caught up in the family feud"--Container."
  • "Betty Grable abandons Broadway fame to head to the Canadian Rockies after a falling out with her leading man. All manner of complications arise when he pursues her with his secretary in tow."@en
  • ""Two Broadway dance partners rekindle their romance in a series of comic misunderstanding set against the backdrop of the Canadian Rockies." -- Container."@en
  • "Betty Grable and John Payne are Broadway hoofers whose partnership is in trouble when they separate and head West with new companions. Carmen Miranda co-stars."@en
  • "Musical. Romances blossom on a mountain holiday."

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  • "Fiction films"@en
  • "Backstage musicals"@en
  • "Musical films"@en
  • "Drama"
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  • "Features"@en
  • "Comedy films"@en
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Dance"@en
  • "Musicals"@en
  • "Feature films"@en
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  • "Song of the islands (1942)"@en
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  • "Song of the islands"@en
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  • "Springtime in the rockies"@en
  • "Springtime in the Rockies"
  • "Springtime in the Rockies"@en

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