June Allyson and Robert Walker make an appealing girl next door-boy next door couple who discover each other by accident when he is nearly finished his tour of duty in the navy at the end of WWII. Like many girls and young women of the times, she is attracted to him partly because he is wearing a uniform, thus has a steady, if meager,income. They decide to get married after knowing each other only a few days and knowing he will be leaving the area immediately. Unexpectedly, he is soon forced out of the navy, thus must move into the NYC apartment she has recently chosen. Like many new couples at the end of the war, she has a job to tide them over until he can find a civilian job. They discover various problems with their apartment, such as a front door with a knob problem, a leaky roof, and a fireplace with no chimney, along with a building elevator that tends to get stuck between floors.'Rochester, of Jack Benny fame, is the apartment building maintenance man, and thus is always showing up with his gravely voice to promise to get these problems fixed. Meanwhile, the couple always seem to be trying to outdo each other in buying presents for the other or furnishings for the apartment,that they can't really afford. A dinner party that includes her boss and his prospective boss is a comic disaster. Soon, June's boss takes a romantic interest in her, while a very aggressive sex siren in the apartment complex takes a personal and romantic interest in Robert, leading to jealousies that nearly have them walking out on each other. Fortunately, their apartment door knob stops working again at a critical moment, forcing them to stay together just long enough to cool down and realize that their still unstable attraction to each other trumps these unsolicited external pressures.
Maybe this film had greater appeal for audiences of the time, some of whom no doubt were personally experiencing something like what this couple was going through. However, I found it an amusing, well paced,romantic comedy, with several personable leading characters. Like Doris Day of the same era, June suffered a devastating leg injury as a child or teenager, yet eventually attracted attention as dancer-singer with a winning sweet personality. Her often half-hoarse voice also helped make her distinctive. She was cast in several films with Robert Walker in the '45-46 era, including the tribute to Jerome Kerns: 'Till the Clouds Roll By'.Robert rather reminds us of the later James Dean in looks and boyish charm, often combined with a rebel or misfit side. Like Dean, he would die young, tormented by the rejection of his only true love, a victim of alcohol and drugs.
Maybe this film had greater appeal for audiences of the time, some of whom no doubt were personally experiencing something like what this couple was going through. However, I found it an amusing, well paced,romantic comedy, with several personable leading characters. Like Doris Day of the same era, June suffered a devastating leg injury as a child or teenager, yet eventually attracted attention as dancer-singer with a winning sweet personality. Her often half-hoarse voice also helped make her distinctive. She was cast in several films with Robert Walker in the '45-46 era, including the tribute to Jerome Kerns: 'Till the Clouds Roll By'.Robert rather reminds us of the later James Dean in looks and boyish charm, often combined with a rebel or misfit side. Like Dean, he would die young, tormented by the rejection of his only true love, a victim of alcohol and drugs.