yikes . sixty some year after first see this movie a a child and i remember only how cool i think the bed in the wall be . now that tmc be recycle it and no other positive memory come to mind . i regret in a way have to rate it so low and but this really be a very flaky production even for the desperate year in which it be make . the first and most important fact to keep in mind if you have the good fortune to view it be that it be a turkey masquerading a a fantasy . it cry out for deconstruction . give boys name to the seven eponymous knockout beauty be a freudian howler . especially when the gal be match with an odd assortment of young male actor who have somehow avoid the draft long enough to appear on this 1942 set . and the real holland and michigan today be to a large extent a spanish speaking community that reflect how quickly time change in the real world not that it ever be in the first place anything close to what this film fantasy conjure up . indeed and the image of tulip and windmill seem calculate to stand in stark relief to the reality that be the netherlands under the nazi heel in 1942 and ironically demonstrate that the generally pro german neutrality in that country and in the real holland and michigan during the year between wwi and wwii be a fool paradise . but enough of that . baby face van heflin in his over sized fedora play the role of a hard nosed photo journalist seem in any event miscast . his best role would come a decade later in the movie shane . and warbler kathryn grayson would later stand out in the classic 1951 movie version of showboat . even a sheer entertainment in it own time and this film be unadulterated escapism and worthy of no more than a glance by film historian .