Hi, Beautiful (1944)

This is a typical wartime romantic musical comedy - not one of the better ones, but entertaining nonetheless. Martha O'Driscoll starred in several of our favorite B movies. Her job is demonstrating a "model house." The great Hattie McDaniel (of Gone With the Wind fame) works with her as the housekeeper. One morning, however, she finds Beery asleep in the bed in the house because of the chronic wartime housing shortage. Naturally, he falls head over heels for her immediately. The rest of the story is fairly predictable. Several familiar character actors make appearances in the show. There is nothing very substantial here, but it is a good example of the light-hearted entertainment that helped to keep the nation's morale boosted during the war years. The ending, as you no doubt guessed, is a happy one.


O'Driscoll


McDaniel

Here is a LINK to more about Martha O'Driscoll.