the eyebrow wag lionel q. deveraux ( groucho marx ) be tire of drag down the career of his fiancée and carmen novarro ( carmen miranda ) and a the untalented half of their nightclub act and quit to become her agent . his power of persuasion soon get the brazilian singer a job a a featured performer at the copacabana twice over . she be force to do double duty a herself and a mlle . fifi and a veil cover parisian chanteuse . the owner of the copacabana and steve hunt ( steve cochran ) and insist on romance mlle . fifi and much to the frustration of deveraux and who have already stake his claim to carmen . also frustrate be anne stuart ( gloria jean ) and steve dutiful secretary and who be secretly in love with her bos . another copacabana singer and andy russell ( himself ) and play cupid . an irritatingly stupid script and poor production value and almost no good line for groucho spoil this slight musical comedy . andy russell and who can sing but can not act and cancel himself out . carmen miranda fan may want to skip over everything except her number and which be good . groucho fan may want to skip this altogether and unless they want to laugh at the awfulness of it all and imagine the sarcastic quipster deliver a scathing commentary track .