Fred Astaire is an incognito war hero on leave in "The Sky's the Limit," also starring Joan Leslie, Robert Ryan, and Robert Benchley. Astaire is a member of "The Flying Tigers" and jumps off of a train so that he can have fun during his leave instead of making promotional appearances. At a bar, he sees magazine photographer Joan Leslie and falls for her without telling her who he is.
This is a very sweet film with some good numbers, but I wanted more! Leslie and Astaire danced well together in the energetic "I've Got a Lot in Common With You," and Astaire's "One for My Baby" is a standout, both his singing and in a tricky dance number that involves breaking glasses with his feet. Apparently, he injured himself while filming. I love Astaire's singing - he's so musical and if his voice isn't great, it's lyrical.
My only quibble is that Joan Leslie's voice was dubbed and yet it wasn't very good. If they were going to dub it, why didn't they dub it with somebody better? Certainly this was a perfect film to see in wartime - not only entertaining but poignant.
This is a very sweet film with some good numbers, but I wanted more! Leslie and Astaire danced well together in the energetic "I've Got a Lot in Common With You," and Astaire's "One for My Baby" is a standout, both his singing and in a tricky dance number that involves breaking glasses with his feet. Apparently, he injured himself while filming. I love Astaire's singing - he's so musical and if his voice isn't great, it's lyrical.
My only quibble is that Joan Leslie's voice was dubbed and yet it wasn't very good. If they were going to dub it, why didn't they dub it with somebody better? Certainly this was a perfect film to see in wartime - not only entertaining but poignant.