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Title: Almost, but falls short.
Review: This is a Ginger Rogers and Astaire movie that almost could be funny. But somehow it falls short. It chronicles the love stories of two sisters and their sailor boys. One (Ginger) is resentful towards her former tapping partner (Astaire) who always manages to inadverdantly sabotage her career opportunities. The other sister, is the ugly duckling turned into a swan type, who unfortunately, falls in love with a cad of a sailor. So that love story is a very difficult one to be interested in. There are a lot of tap dance numbers. A scene showing Astaire playing the piano. And an especially lovely ballroom routine towards the end with Ginger and Astaire. Fans of the duo will probably like the movie. But it feels long and just not quite funny enough.
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