with the filming of naughty but nice and dick powell end his contract with warner brother and never set foot on that lot again . he want desperately to do dramatic material and warner give him nothing but lightweight stuff . it would be another four year before he be able to convince someone to cast him in drama and rko get a genuine hit in murder my sweet when they do . powell play a sheltered music professor at a very snobby college who be raise by three maiden aunt . the character be obviously rip off from cary grant paleontology professor in bring up baby . he write a concerto and but music publisher ronald reagan see some popular tune in it and publish it a such . powell than become the object of singer ann sheridan and lyric writer gale page romantic and business desire . the fun be see who he wind up with . harry warren and al dubin who write some really great song for dick powell in those busby berkeley film write absolutely nothing of consequence here . in any event powell want desperately out of musical . especially stuff like this .