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Romance on the High Seas

1948 · 99 min

A bubbly, tune-filled screwball cruise where mistaken identities keep everyone charmingly flustered and nobody gets truly hurt.

Tagline
Romance and Laughter...under a Rio moon!
Overview
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • deception
  • identity
  • music
  • loyalty
Places
  • sea
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Michael Curtiz, Busby Berkeley
Written by
Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein
Starring
Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore, Doris Day, Oscar Levant, S.Z. Sakall, Fortunio Bonanova, Eric Blore
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
99 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Italian, English, Portuguese, Spanish

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