starlift be a pleasant and interesting throwback to those all star musical picture that every studio be put out during the world war ii year . when you have get such star a gary cooper and james cagney and doris day and gordon macrae and and randolph scott and etc . and in the film and with such people a the gershwin brother and cole porter and jule styne and sammy cahn supply the music and it an easy to take film . and the plot isn not even in the way . what plot there be involves two air force enlist men and dick wesson and ron hagerthy and try to meet warner brother starlet janice rule use a a gimmick the fact that both come from youngstown and ohio and hagerthy father be rule dentist as well a half of the town . the scheme work too well a louella parson be soon put them a an item in her column . yes and louella in the film as well . she must have like warner brother or jack warner cater to her more than the other studio boss because she also use this studio to publicize her hollywood hotel radio program back in the day . but the rest of the plot also touch on the real life effort of ruth roman also play herself to get her studio and others to do show at the air force base for the serviceman and woman go to korea . some of the name i have mention and others sing and perform in a show at travis air force base where a lot of this film be shoot . one specialty number be shoot for the talent of phil harris who sing or narrate a ballad look out stranger and i be a texas ranger aid and assist by virginia gibson and frank lovejoy and gary cooper . yup and cooper look like he be have a great old time kid his image . this be the old of clichés when you say they do not make them like this any more and but they really do not because you do not have a studio system that have all this talent under contract . that one thing about the demise of the old studio system we can mourn .