the cast of youthful aspirant in this contrive film be all so cheerful you want to slap them . it roman holiday meet babes in arm . jane powell appear a herself in her first film and play a beleagured child star and who escape and join a youth hostel to pick vegetable and fruit ( don not ask . ) she be insipidly awful when she try to act and the plot be so ridiculous that one can not take it seriously and even within the context of a musical . thank goodness there charlie mccarthy and w. c. field ( in his last film ) to add some bite and spice to the work . the film inexplicably earn oscar noms for score and song . it look for all the world like a deanna durbin vehicle and miss powell be direct to look and sing and move and behave a if she be the inimitable ms. durbin and but she all falseness where deanna be completely natural . a world of difference . avoid unless youre a powell fan and can forgive her .