Let's Dance (1950)

Donald and Kitty are a dancing duo working in wartime entertainment for soldiers. Donald wants to marry Kitty, but she marries a rich guy instead. She becomes a widow with a son. She does not get along with her late husband's mother. There is a conflict over the child's custody.

Tedious, poorly written musical. The only slightly original touch is a protagonist who does not really like to dance; he prefers the stock market. He is completely incompetent as an investor, though; he later advises a rich woman, who is equally clueless, financially speaking. And since we are speaking of class, the underlying assumption of the plot is: rich people bad, poor people good. But they are careful enought to frame it as a merely individual thing. They want to captivate the audience, who is predominantly poor; they definitely do not want to start a revolution. You see, the people who made the film are not exactly poor. Of course, sometimes an extremely shrewd viewer will connect the dots and ask: if every movie has rich people as bad, am I to conclude that all rich people are bad? Those viewers are in the minority and, yes, will have to be dealt with. Off screen! The songs and dances are nothing special.

Rating: 31