bomber. While all of America assumes the couple has been reunited stateside, things are actually pretty touch-and-go with the couple, as each is coming from a different place and struggling to find their way. Their magnetic attraction to one-another merely complicates things at every turn. With the pair finally back in New York for a big finale, Eileen schemes a way to break them up, under the guise of throwing a $100,000 a ticket bond rally gala. Only then does Louise discover that rather than being the shy "farmboy" he had presented himself as being (while seeking to downplay to both her and his crew that he was instead a scion to a substantial Pennsylvania fortune) he is of the same social set as Eileen. Convinced her romance with Ransom is just a lark on his part, and determined to ruin any possibility of a match together, she gives her full vampy nighclub performance to the stuffy old money crowd. In spite of a surprisingly enthusiastic reception - certainly by the men in the crowd, young and old alike - she flees to the airport to put as many miles as she can between her and her nonplussed beau. When all commercial flights are grounded due to fog, she relents when Ransom offers to fly her instead. Deceiving her, he lands on the grounds of the family estate, where Louise is warmly embraced by Ransom's open-armed parents. After some humbling miscues on Ransom's part, the lovebirds' future together is finally assured. Cast Frances Langford as Louise Anderson Ralph Edwards as Eddie Clark Russell Wade as Patrick Ransom, Jr. Iris Adrian as Montana Jones Richard Martin as Jim Wilson Jane Greer as Eileen Sawyer Glen Vernon as Shorty Parker Paul Harvey as Patrick Ransom, Sr. Regina Wallace as Mrs. Julie Ransom Jean Brooks as Marsha Tom Noonan as Art Department Dorothy Vaughan as Mom Jason Robards, Sr. as American officer Background In May 1943, RKO originally advertised that a countrywide series of contests would be used to find an "unknown" to portray The Bamboo Blonde in a future romantic comedy feature. Anthony Mann, on his 11th film as a director, is better known for later working with James Stewart on many films (primarily Westerns), as well as for making epics in his later career. This early film is typical of a period when Mann accepted any and all assignments in a