Light comedy that Ginger Rogers fans will enjoy.

Motion Picture Center Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Paulette Goddard and Hurd Hatfield in The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)

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Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Ginger Rogers, and Charles Coburn in Monkey Business (1952)

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Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, and Joan Davis in The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)

Ginger Rogers and Jack Carson in The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)

Ginger Rogers in The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)

Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis, and Stanley Ridges in The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)

Ginger Rogers

Jack Carson

Joan Davis

Robert Libott

Frank Burt

Robert Carson

An attorney is hired to keep a dumb cowboy out of trouble.

Richard Whorf

The Groom Wore Spurs

Floppo!

Whoever or whatever is responsible, the flick&apos;s a flop. Maybe it&apos;s the hefty staff of 4 writers, each apparently in his own room with no inter-com; or maybe it&apos;s unsteady director Whorf soon to flee into TV; or maybe the trail&apos;s traceable to both camps. But whatever the case, the promising parody of a kids&apos; cowboy hero who can&apos;t ride a horse, shoot a gun, or throw a punch, goes down the drain amidst a mish-mash of contrasting styles and themes. And pity poor Ginger Rogers looking lost in a role that defies description anywhere on planet Earth. Too bad Astaire&apos;s not in the wings. Nonetheless, the movie&apos;s potential is there with comedic actor Carson in the lead, along with stand-out Joan Davis adding her feisty bits. Unfortunately, their occasional bursts of nutty humor are lost among the off-putting mix of blackmail, jealousy, and murder. Too bad, since the flick&apos;s a real lost opportunity for its cowboy time, and even for today&apos;s space age.

(In passing - watch for soon-to-be, big-time producer Ross Hunter in minor role of Austin Tisdale. Check out his list of box-office biggies from late 50&apos;s through 1960&apos;s. So I guess the movie wasn&apos;t a complete failure.)

Whoever or whatever is responsible, the flick's a flop. Maybe it's the hefty staff of 4 writers, each apparently in his own room with no inter-com; or maybe it's unsteady director Whorf soon to flee into TV; or maybe the trail's traceable to both camps. But whatever the case, the promising parody of a kids' cowboy hero who can't ride a horse, shoot a gun, or throw a punch, goes down the drain amidst a mish-mash of contrasting styles and themes. And pity poor Ginger Rogers looking lost in a role that defies description anywhere on planet Earth. Too bad Astaire's not in the wings. Nonetheless, the movie's potential is there with comedic actor Carson in the lead, along with stand-out Joan Davis adding her feisty bits. Unfortunately, their occasional bursts of nutty humor are lost among the off-putting mix of blackmail, jealousy, and murder. Too bad, since the flick's a real lost opportunity for its cowboy time, and even for today's space age.

(In passing - watch for soon-to-be, big-time producer Ross Hunter in minor role of Austin Tisdale. Check out his list of box-office biggies from late 50's through 1960's. So I guess the movie wasn't a complete failure.)

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