▁of ▁a ▁legend ary ▁pir ate , ▁the ▁leading ▁man ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁a ▁tour ing ▁actor ▁imp erson ating ▁her ▁d aring ▁se aman , ▁but ▁a ▁dan cing ▁pir ate ▁who ▁pret ended ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁ent ert ainer . ▁ ▁Produ cer ▁Fre ed ▁immediately ▁replaced ▁Lo os ▁and ▁Th an ▁with ▁the ▁great ▁husband ▁and ▁wife ▁team ▁of ▁Albert ▁H ack ett ▁and ▁Frances ▁Good rich . ▁ ▁In ▁two ▁months , ▁they ▁turned ▁in ▁a ▁w itt y ▁and ▁work able ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁Be hr man ▁original , ▁ge ared ▁to ▁Por ter ' s ▁songs . ▁ ▁The ▁role ▁for ▁Hor ne ▁was ▁dropped ▁from ▁their ▁script . ▁ ▁By ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁Cole ▁Por ter ▁had ▁turned ▁in ▁eight ▁songs ▁and ▁depart ed ▁for ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁these , ▁"[ It ' s ▁Ch ic ▁In ] ▁Martin ique " ▁was ▁dropped ▁when ▁Hor ne ' s ▁role ▁was ▁elimin ated , ▁but ▁seven ▁other ▁Por ter ▁numbers ▁were ▁sl otted ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁script . ▁ ▁The ▁ch ore ograph er , ▁conduct or , ▁orch estr ator , ▁and ▁vocal ▁arr anger ▁compr ised ▁a ▁solid ▁crew ▁from ▁the ▁Fre ed ▁Unit ▁at ▁M GM : ▁ ▁Robert ▁Al ton , ▁L enn ie ▁Hay ton , ▁Con rad ▁Sal inger , ▁and ▁Kay ▁Thompson . ▁ ▁Gar land ▁began ▁pr ere c ording ▁the ▁score ▁at ▁the ▁studio ▁on ▁December ▁ 2 7 , ▁