{"id":44969,"date":"2019-09-28T13:42:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T20:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44969"},"modified":"2021-01-24T13:27:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T20:27:01","slug":"moon-over-miami-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44969","title":{"rendered":"Moon Over Miami (1941)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Nobody knows anything about anybody.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Poster-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Poster-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Poster-768x1146.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Poster-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Poster.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA waitress (Betty Grable), her sister (Carole Landis), and her aunt (Charlotte Greenwood) travel undercover to Miami with plans to find a rich husband for Grable &#8212; but Grable falls for a penniless salesman (Don Ameche), Landis (posing as Grable&#8217;s secretary) falls for a millionaire (Robert Cummings), and Greenwood falls for a waiter (Jack Haley) intent on preventing gold diggers from achieving their goals.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Betty Grable Films<\/li>\n<li>Carole Landis Films<\/li>\n<li>Don Ameches Films<\/li>\n<li>Gold Diggers<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Robert Cummings Films<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBetty Grable sparkles in this vibrantly filmed but dully scripted Technicolor musical, based on the slightest of mistaken identity\/love triangle premises and designed to showcase escapist fantasies in Miami-for-the-rich. It&#8217;s fun to see Jack Haley (the Tin Man from <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3361\"><em>The Wizard of Oz<\/em><\/a>) in a non-metallic role, and the dance numbers are catchy. But it&#8217;s tough watching Grable fall for Ameche after their initial meet-not-so-cute: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Ameche:<\/strong> (Yawning with boredom at a late night party) &#8220;You know&#8230; you&#8217;re not very pretty&#8230; No, it&#8217;s not a beautiful face by a long ways. Cute, maybe, for people who like cuteness&#8230; I&#8217;ve been noticing your figure&#8230; It&#8217;s practically perfect, but it has no poetry. It&#8217;s built on architectural principles, like the sculpture on radiator caps. Your voice isn&#8217;t pitched very nicely, either &#8212; it suits your personality, but that doesn&#8217;t make it good.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I suppose the point is to call him out as worthy of someone (Grable) who would stoop to deception and golddigging, but he&#8217;s simply not a likable character.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vibrant Technicolor cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Technicolor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Technicolor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Technicolor.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Technicolor-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Technicolor-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Technicolor2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Technicolor2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Technicolor2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Technicolor2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Technicolor2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some fun musical numbers, dances, and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Musical2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Musical2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Musical2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Musical2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Musical2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Musical.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Musical.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Musical.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Musical-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Moon-Over-Miami-Musical-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look as fluffy escapist fare. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0033918\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1941\/07\/05\/archives\/at-the-roxy.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Nobody knows anything about anybody.&#8221; Synopsis: A waitress (Betty Grable), her sister (Carole Landis), and her aunt (Charlotte Greenwood) travel undercover to Miami with plans to find a rich husband for Grable &#8212; but Grable falls for a penniless salesman (Don Ameche), Landis (posing as Grable&#8217;s secretary) falls for a millionaire (Robert Cummings), and Greenwood falls for a waiter (Jack Haley) intent on preventing gold diggers from achieving their goals. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Betty Grable Films Carole Landis&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44969\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44969"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65617,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44969\/revisions\/65617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}