doll face prove the point that all old movie aren not classic . in fact and doll face prove the point that most movie and whether make 60 year ago and 30 year ago or last week and be deservedly forget because they age so badly . this guy have doll and guy loses doll and guy win doll back story give u doll face carroll ( vivian blaine ) and a burleyque star with a great voice and a big following among the bald head set and and mike hannegan ( dennis okeefe ) and her manager and the impresario of the burlesque house where she star . doll face want to go legit a a singer on broadway and mike want to help her . but her notoriety a a burlesque queen get in the way . so mike cook up an idea to have a note author ghost doll face memoir and smooth over the rough spot . doll face will get culture and that will get her legit stage offer . ah and but the author who agree to be the ghostwriter happen to be a very handsome guy . wouldn not you know it and misunderstanding arise between mike and doll face . but everything work out . a producer put on a broadway show base on doll face hit memoir . doll face not only star but so do all her pal from mike burlesque show and which mean perry como and carmen miranda and martha stewart . and mike manages to win back doll face love and along with 25 per cent of the smash show . we get como and stewart singing and sort of dance to a hubba and hubba and hubba and blaine and como and stewart separately and in various combination sing somebody walking in my dream and como front the girl with red and hot and beautiful and croon here come heaven again and plus carmen miranda roll her hip and eye while trill her r through chico chico and the big production number . the song by jimmy mchugh ( music ) and harold adamson ( lyric ) be professional but that about it . the only song that become a hit be como recording of a hubba and hubba and hubba . the big latin production number with miranda look like 20th century fox be economize . in this black and white movie it badly need color and busby berkeley . for about half the movie and when guy lose doll and before guy get her back and doll face the movie flop into angst and anguish and with over act by blaine and far too much screen time with her and her ghostwriter and frederick gerard ( steven dunne ) . dunne be probably one of the handsome actor never to make it . he have a smooth and assured voice perfect for radio . he can cock an eyebrow but he as bland a como . what drive the nail in and however and be the rest of the actor . dennis okeefe be a versatile guy and but even he can not make mike hannegan interest . okeefe have to speak with a funny brooklyn accent most of the time and something that sound like journeyman hollywood writer try to channel damon runyon . he stick wear a suit with padded shoulder and wide label and a bow tie and a pork pie hat with a snap brim . this be someone idea of a guy from the funny world of burlesque . at least okeefe be actor enough to bring some humanity to hannegan . vivian blaine and on the other hand and be an actress who and at least to me and always come across on film a so polished and professional a to be bloodless . she would hit her mark but not your heart . blaine make a big hit on broadway four year later a adelaide in guy and doll and so perhaps movie simply do not do her talent justice . as far a carmen miranda and she carmen miranda while you either like her or after a while she get on your nerve . perry como be so laid back he seem half asleep most of the time . the standout and for me and be martha stewart . she vivacious and know how to sell an upbeat song . but let hear it for the people who never get a mention while in this case and a bit player name charles williams . he be a small guy with a little mustache and an energetic manner . do he ever get a credit line in any of the movie he appear in . in doll face he have a tiny part a a drug store clerk read a notice to mike hannegan . it not much but he make the most of it . for those with long memory or big dvd collection and you might remember him from vogue of 1938. williams play a custom clerk in a big production number . be watch him through a window where he work . for about two minute he go into a song and dance and not quite imitate eddie cantor . that all the screen time he have . it funny and first rate and and he do not get billing there and either . ( dennis okeefe be in vogue and too and a an unbilled dance extra . ) .