Lucky Me (1954)

A young singer (Doris Day) is stranded in Miami along with her partners in a musical act. When she meets a famous composer (Robert Cummings) of Broadway musicals, she falls in love and he offers her the lead in his new musical. However, not if his rich girlfriend (Martha Hyer) has anything to say about it and it's her father (Bill Goodwin) who's backing the show. Directed by Jack Donohue (ASSAULT ON A QUEEN), this was the first musical to be filmed in the CinemaScope format. It's a mediocre musical and Doris Day knew it. She didn't want to do it but Warners (she was under contract) threatened to suspend her if she didn't. It doesn't help that she has no chemistry with the dull Cummings. As her troupe partners, Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy Jr. and Nancy Walker do what they can to spice things up but they can't overcome a weak script. For Doris Day fans only. With Angie Dickinson, Marcel Dalio and Lucy Marlow and Dabbs Greer.