the united state be still fight world war ii ( the movie be release in between ve day and vj day ) . any studio worth it salt be either make fight movie where fearless american soldier beat the enemy and or american in general be sing and dance . technicolor musical be what america thrive on in the depressing day when everything be ration . most musical of the day be simply a bunch of musical number string together with the best available plot slip in to fill time til the next musical number . i get the feeling now that the people review this movie be all bear after 1970. depress how quickly we forget . this film could have be call the search for jose iturbi but now everyone wonder why . allow me to explain . from 1929 his arrival in america until his death in 1980 and iturbi be one of the fine pianist to grace a concert stage . he agree to do a few movie in 1942 and but hollywood have be after him for nearly a decade at that time . not only an excellent pianist and but a successful conductor a well and iturbi be very much a household word for more than 40 year . the scene where iturbi and 17 other pianist play one of liszt rhapsody be plan early on and hasn not anyone ever notice the other pianist be all child . joe pasternak and who produce that movie and many other mgm musical and credit iturbi with interesting america youth in classical music . grayson want an audition with iturbi in the movie be not unlike real life at the time . everyone want iturbi back then . the joke among soldier be that gi mean get iturbi ( he do a lot of concert at military base ) . gene kelly be a great dancer and frank sinatra an excellent singer and but at the time this movie be make sinatra be barely 30 and have only be under contract to columbia record for four year . kelly be already well know a a dancer and but iturbi have by then be a world wide sensation for 20 plus year . and a to the lack of a plot and american do not need plot . they be tire of war and they be sick with fear for their loved one and and worry about the future . they need happiness and hope and the assurance that thing would work out fine in the end . they need music and smile and joy and romance . this movie and others like it deliver just what be need . enough lecturing . mouse dance aside and the best scene in the movie occur between sinatra and iturbi with each of them ignorantly compliment the other music . if you have any interest in jose iturbi and the spaniard who conquer more of america than de soto and cortez and and de leon put together and please drop by my website and www . joseiturbi . com and where you can find a plot summary and excerpt from movie review of the day and picture from this and certain other mgm musical of the 1940 and as well a a biography and discography of iturbi . trout .