Two Girls And A Sailor (1944)

Set during WWII, two sisters (June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven) have a singing act at a Manhattan nightclub. Things get complicated when they fall in love with the same guy, a sailor (Van Johnson) who just happens to come from a very wealthy family. Directed by Richard Thorpe (IVANHOE). The movie has the thinnest of storylines for a film running over two hours. Fortunately, most of those two hours are occupied by musical numbers. We get Jimmy Durante performing his signature number Inka Dinka Doo, Lena Horne singing Paper Doll and Allyson and Harry James doing a sizzling Young Man With A Horn among others. But the musical numbers, however good, aren't sufficient enough to compensate with the feeble narrative. The movie was a big hit and established both June Allyson and Van Johnson as two of MGM's most popular stars of the 1940s. With Ava Gardner, Tom Drake, Jose Iturbi, Gracie Allen, Virginia O'Brien, Xavier Cugat, Henry Stephenson, Helen Forrest and Lina Romay.