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Show made hej- scrcaen bow in "Bathing Beauty," demonstrates .again her artistry on the electric organ while Van and Esther dance and sing. Ramirez, last heard in "Anchors Aweigh," sings two numbers, "Come Closer to Me" and "Viva Mexico!" the latter serving to accompany ac-company Miss Williams during one of her graceful appearances in a swimming pool. i "Easy To Wed" was directed by Edward Buzzell, his first musical film since the successful "Best Foot Forward." His most recent picture was "Keep Your Powder Dry," story of the WACS starring I Lana Turner, Laraine Day and Susan Su-san Peters. Jack Cummings, who produced "Bathing Beauty" as one of 1944's most acclaimed musicals, is teamed wtth Buzzell for the fourth time at M-G-M as producer. Picturesque Mexican settings, filmed on locations south of the border, enhance the gay romantic scenes between Johnson and Miss Williams and provide a colorful setting for elaborate musical numbers. num-bers. Most spectacular of the latter lat-ter is an eye-filling samba number introducing two new Latin rhythms, rhy-thms, "Boneca de Pixe" and "Toca Tu Samba," presented as a pageant page-ant of five South American countries. coun-tries. It is during this musical highlight that Ethel Smith, who PLAQUE PLACED IN MEMORY OF USS UTAH The USS Utah was destroyed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor along with 58 officers and men. The ship's memory lives on at the Utah state capitol, where Captain J. M. Steele, Denver, commander of the vessel at the time of the attack, has placed a memorial plaque, commemorating the heroic deeds of the ship's personnel. . . |