Springtime in the Rockies (1942)

Springtime in the Rockies (1942)

„Springtime in the Rockies“ is a 1942 musical comedy film directed by Irving Cummings. The screenplay by Walter Bullock, Ken Englund and Jacques Thery is based on the 1936 Redbook short story „Second Honeymoon“ by Philip Wylie.

Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy’s womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan’s career takes a nosedive.
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy’s womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan’s career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes after a bender to find that he’s hired an outlandish Latin secretary, Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he’s just up to his old tricks again.

Cast:

• Betty Grable – Vicky Lane
• Carmen Miranda – Rosita Murphy
• John Payne – Dan Christy
• Cesar Romero – Victor Prince
• Charlotte Greenwood – Phoebe Gray
• Edward Everett Horton – McTavish
• Harry James – Harry James
• Harry James and His Orchestra – The Music Makers
• Bando da Lua – Rosita’s Six Brothers/Orchestra
• Six Hits and a Miss – Vocal Group