The lovely Ann Sothern had completed her 10-film run as the tough-talking Maisie and was cast as Frances in Nancy Goes to Rio, MGM's colorful remake of the 1940 Universal Deanna Durbin film It's a Date. Here she is seen posing within a giant lifebuoy. From the Archives is our latest series read more
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Nancy Goes to Rio (1940)– read more
via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1696/Nancy-Goes-to-Rio/#tcmarcp-411474 Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own Before Jane Powell conquered the backwoods in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) or got in trouble with the Navy in Hit the Deck (1955), she played a series of adorable teenag read more
via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1696/Nancy-Goes-to-Rio/#tcmarcp-411474 Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own Before Jane Powell conquered the backwoods in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) or got in trouble with the Navy in Hit the Deck (1955), she played a series of adorable teenag read more
