Give a Girl A Break

After providing excellent support in previous MGM musicals, the singing-dancing team of Marge and Gower Champion were rewarded with their own starring vehicle, Give a Girl a Break. Marge plays one of three actresses competing for the leading role in a Broadway show directed by Gower. The other two ...more

In the 1930s and 1940s, Hollywood released a great number of unambitious, minor musicals, such as Best Foot Forward or The Fleet's In. These likeable but forgettable tuners were still around in the 1950s, but the advances in storytelling technique occasioned by films like An American in Paris and Singin' in the Rain made pleasant films like Give a Girl a Break seem overly quaint. Modest, unassuming, and fluffy, Give a Girl a Break still features a very interesting cast and offers the unique ...more