7/10
Little known 'inside story'.
17 December 2006
Warning: Spoilers
It has been a full 70 years since I was fortunate enough to see this film. Fortunately, others have been able to recall much of the more salient facts including the story and performances. I was lucky enough to have a couple of older brothers who had the foresight to buy a recording of the lovely ballad "I Adore You" and although it is a 78, I have been able to recall the typical 1930's love song.

One comment I noticed was the description of a sequence as being 'far-fetched'. This was when Leif Erickson and Marsha Hunt had been thwarted several times by intrusions when attempting to kiss. They finally solved the problem by diving into the water and consummating their osculation before surfacing.

The significance of this was that it was an attempt of the producer to emulate a very popular advertising campaign at the time by a swimwear manufacturer (Either Jantzen or Catalina)in which the kiss under water was the center of interest. It was a very popular picture ad in Esquire magazine as well as other magazines of the day.
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