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Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Romance on the High Seas poster
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Genre
musical film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman pretends to go on a cruise while her husband secretly follows her. Meanwhile a singer takes her place on the ship and gets tangled in a romantic mix-up.

lightheartedupbeatwhimsicalplayfulromanticcheerfulbouncysunny

What happens

Romance on the High Seas (released in the United Kingdom as It's Magic) is a 1948 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore and Doris Day in her film debut. Busby Berkeley was the choreographer. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Original Song for "It's Magic" (music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn), and Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Ray Heindorf). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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