Meet The People (1944)

Set during WWII, a welder (Dick Powell) in a shipyard falls head over heels for a Broadway musical star (Lucille Ball). He is also a playwright and when he gives her a script for a musical show, she decides to star in it. Based on the Broadway revue and directed by Charles Reisner (THE BIG STORE). The kind of musical they don't make anymore ..... thank heaven! The barely there "plot" is a thin excuse to serve up a variety of singing, dancing and novelty acts that have nothing to do with the narrative. Unfortunately, with the exception of two numbers, the songs aren't very memorable and the novelty acts are the pits. The two standout numbers are I Like To Recognize The Tune, an ensemble number performed by June Allyson, Virginia O'Brien, Vaughn Monroe, Ziggie Talent and the King Sisters and the amusing Say That We're Sweethearts Again  sung by Virginia O'Brien. With Bert Lahr, Rags Ragland, Steven Geray and Spike Jones and the City Slickers.