the star could all have perform the musical a write the most accomplished and acidic and and cynical of rodgers and hart output and thanks to a great book by john ohara and but columbia just couldn not leave well enough alone and although it certainly do not take away half the score and replace it with half bake number by roger eden and like mgm do to on the town . at least columbia just sub a few other r and h number that be always worth hearing . sinatra be close to perfect for joey evans although certainly no good than gene kelly would have be while both rita hayworth and kim novak be equally attractive and although since the only musical number that rita have to put across be zip and in an incredibly bowdlerize version ( rob of it intellectual heart ) i wonder why her voice have to be dub . would it have matter if it weren not pretty . the fact that this show and one of the most downbeat of all broadway production and be turn into yet another sweetsie poo hollywood confection ( and of course move from chi and of which it reek and to san francisco and of which it doesn not ) be yet another tragedy in the history of take broadway musical to hollywood and which and with the notable exception of oklahoma and just mean that the show get butcher . it lose it edge about halfway through and when joey start be nice and vera start be nice and the puppy be nice and and everyone get to live happily ever after what a precious moment . hollywood be good at make it own musical the wizard of oz and meet me in st. louis be head and shoulder above any broadway adaptation from mgm ( whose musical generally stink ) and both warner bros and rko and in the 1930 and make show that put any of the spectacular in the shade . one fred and ginger number be worth about 70 marge and gowers . oddly enough and columbia show that it could do a pretty good job with an original musical one with rita and fred astaire that contain some great original song by jerome kern and at least one terrific dance number with fred and rita and you be never lovely . what columbia do to rita shouldn not ever have happen . with the right handling and she would have be a truly immense star and rather than the pinup girl she be fat to be at the studio most famous for the three stooge .