My Dream Is Yours (1949)

After his most famous client (Lee Bowman), a popular  but arrogant singer, deserts him, a manager (Jack Carson) flies to New York from Los Angeles to look for a newcomer to replace him. When he finds a struggling songstress (Doris Day), he takes her back to Hollywood to make her a singing star. Directed by Michael Curtiz, this was the follow up to Day's successful film debut in ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS. It's not as good because its slight (that's an understatement) rehashed plot is practically nonexistent. But it seems apt as the film parallels Day's own life in some ways. They even give her a young son which Day had while struggling in the early days of her own career. If you're a Day fan, you don't need an excuse to watch a movie like this because Day is the reason for its existence. Fortunately, she's given some good songs to sing and her appealing personality is enough to coast us over the cliches. With Eve Arden, Adolphe Menjou, S.Z. Sakall, Sheldon Leonard, Franklin Pangborn and Selena Royle.