Moon Over Miami

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Moon Over Miami

Released Jun 18, 1941

1h 31m

Musical

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After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay (Betty Grable) and Barbara Latimer (Carole Landis), waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich husbands. With the aid of their aunt Susan, the sisters take the last of their money and head to a well-known Miami resort where they soon meet two wealthy young men, Phil (Don Ameche) and Jeff (Robert Cummings), who begin a fierce rivalry for Kay, not realizing that Barbara has fallen in love with one of them.

Alfredo Córdoba

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Gorgeous, cheerful, colorful and beautifully illustrated with the technicolor technique. [Full review in Spanish]

Sep 19, 2019

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Adequately serves as escapist entertainment.

Rated: B-

May 4, 2010

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Lon C

Betty Grable is my favorite musical-comedy star of the Golden Age of Movies. And Moon Over Miami is one of my top 5 Grable pictures. I own it on DVD and watch it once a year. Even though there were very few Technicolor movies during World War II because color film was a scarce commodity during the war, 20th Century Fox went to the added expense of making sure that most of Grable's musicals were shot in Technicolor. Her peaches & cream complexion and ruby red lips were stunning in color, and the studio knew what an excellent money-maker they had. After Moon Over Miami she remained on Quigley's Top 10 Box Office List for 10 consecutive years from 1942 to 1951.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/20/24

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Debbie S

Hollywood was world famous for these wonderful musicals. First, you have the gorgeous Betty Gable, second a team of great supporting actors, third, delightful music, fourth, the dancing produced by the legendary Hermes Pan and finally, gorgeous fashion and color. I couldn't stop smiling.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/30/24

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Audience Member

Boring movie.....Terrible acting. Funny to see the women's hairstyles from that time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

The best musical movie ever made!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Excellent dancing - Forgetable music

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Fast-moving, breezy Fox Technicolor musical.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Walter Lang

Director

Don Ameche

Phil O'Neil (Credits)

Betty Grable

Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams

Bob Cummings

Jeffrey 'Jeff' Boulton

Carole Landis

Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears

Charlotte Greenwood

Aunt Susan 'Sue' Latimer

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Synopsis

After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay (Betty Grable) and Barbara Latimer (Carole Landis), waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich husbands. With the aid of their aunt Susan, the sisters take the last of their money and head to a well-known Miami resort where they soon meet two wealthy young men, Phil (Don Ameche) and Jeff (Robert Cummings), who begin a fierce rivalry for Kay, not realizing that Barbara has fallen in love with one of them.

Director: Walter Lang
Producer: Harry Joe Brown
Screenwriter: Stephen Powys, George Seaton, Lynn Starling, Vincent Lawrence, Brown Holmes
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 18, 1941, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 21, 2017
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Mono