Music In My Heart (1940)

An actor and singer (Tony Martin) about to be deported and a girl (Rita Hayworth) on the way to her wedding are both rushing to catch the same ship when their taxis collide into each other and they miss the ship. But they fall in love. Directed by Joseph Santley, this featherweight musical comedy is barely there. The songs are unmemorable although one of them, It's A Blue World, received an Oscar nomination for best song. Rita Hayworth had scored the year before as the sexy minx in ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS but rather than picking up on that,  Columbia casts her in an ingenue role that does nothing for her and that any actress could have played. If Tony Martin's singing thrills you then you might have a tolerance for it, otherwise it's a slog. There's some comedy relief provided by Alan Mowbray and Eric Blore as Hayworth's jilted fiance and his manservant. With George Tobias and Edith Fellows.