Liebe im Quartett (1955)

Liebe im Quartett: Directed by H.C. Potter. With Betty Grable, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Jack Lemmon. A widowed singer marries her late husband’s songwriting partner, which leads to trouble when her first husband turns up very much alive.

“In a decade of great musicals from all studios, Columbia, in 1955 managed to make a truly terrible one….and it is this one…and was their first film in Cinemascope. Harry Cohn must have bellowed orders at someone to re make every Marilyn Monroe dance number so far on film at Fox but u0026#39;blondlyu0026#39; hire Betty Grable instead. It also might be Jack Lemmonu0026#39;s first film too. Either way, this embarrassing musical is a mish mash of MGMu0026#39;s Kiss Me Kate, Give A Girl A Break, The Bandwagon and Foxu0026#39;s How To Marry A Millionaire. I guess Columbia just wanted to make a splashy musical as their first Cinemascope spectacular ……but forgot to create one…..so they just copied the best bits of box office hits from the previous few years. It is really awful. If you like awful films like I do you might find it strangely fascinating…the musical numbers especially. Donu0026#39;t show it to anyone though, just watch it yourself.”