Rating: NR
Genre:
Musical
Release Date: 06/17/2008
SubTitles: English/Espanol/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 87 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
The
Cole Porter Broadway
musical Something for the Boys was brought to the screen by
20th Century Fox with three new non-
Porter tunes thrown in. The dated libretto (by
Herbert and
Dorothy Fields) involves a crumbling Southern plantation which is converted into a home for servicemen's wives. Running the operation are three cousins:
Michael O'Shea,
Vivian Blaine, and, from the South American branch of the family,
Carmen Miranda. When money runs out, the threesome contrive to put on a fundraising show -- which of course looks far too expensive to break even, but since
Carmen Miranda's in the picture, who knows.
Perry Como makes his movie debut in
Something for the Boys singing a handful of pleasant songs, while
Judy Holliday shows up in a funny bit as a defense-plant welder with peculiar dental problems.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide