The Time, The Place And The Girl (1946)

Two friends (Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson) are opening a nightclub in Manhattan only to have it shut down by the manager (Donald Woods) of a famous classical conductor (S.Z. Sakall), who objects to the "noise". But things take a turn for the better when the conductor's daughter (Martha Vickers) falls for one of the owners (Morgan). Directed by David Butler (KING RICHARD AND THE CRUSADERS). The early B&W Busby Berkeley musicals aside, Warners didn't have much luck in the musicals department. MGM had Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, Paramount had Bing Crosby and Betty Hutton, Columbia had Rita Hayworth but until Doris Day arrived in 1948, Warners had to make do with Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson. They're agreeable enough but not top tier in the musicals department. The cliched "will the show go on?" plot is reasonably entertaining but with one exception,  the songs and dances are truly unmemorable. The "memorable" number is memorable for all the wrong reasons. A ghastly number with Carson and Janis Paige in blackface! Fortunately Sakall and Florence Bates as his wife provide some comedic relief from the stock narrative. With Alan Hale and Angela Greene.