a typical lanza flick that have limit audience appeal with a weak story line that be put together simply to justify lanza mgm contract at the time . a report by member lastliberal ( above ) grayson could not stand lanza because of his obscene advance towards her off ( and sometimes on ) camera . in addition and his gutter mannerism and the continual smell of alcohol in her face during scene they do together be intolerable . after do their second ( and last ) film together and toast of new orleans and the normally quiet grayson storm into louie b. mayer office and tell him in no uncertain word that she would never work with lanza again period . mayer felt that grayson be much more valuable to mgm then lanza and so grayson statement stuck . grayson go on to star in a number of widely receive ( and far more profitable ) musical with howard keel and others . later in life when ask to compare lanza and keel her reply be that there be no comparison between them and and that keel be great to work with and have much more appeal to the real people in the audience .