Romance on the High Seas (1948) on Netflix
Approved19481h 39mComedyMusicalRomance
Michael and Elvira Kent each suspect the other of cheating. Elvira sends singer Georgia Garrett on their anniversary cruise under Elvira's name, and Michael hires a detective to watch her.
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Plot summary
Three years of marriage have not brought the wealthy Michael and Elvira Kent any trust in each other's faithfulness. Elvira's doubts come from Michael always backing out of their anniversary trips at the last minute for business at the pharmacy conglomerate he works for, owned by her Uncle Lazlo. When he backs out of their third anniversary round-trip voyage from New York to Rio de Janeiro, Elvira says she will sail alone. She stays in New York instead and hires an investigator to watch Michael, and at the travel agency she meets Georgia Garrett, a penniless honky-tonk singer, whom she pays to take the voyage as Elvira and in Elvira's name, keeping a proper image on board. Michael, doubting his wife would travel alone, hires private detective Peter Virgil to shadow her.
Cast
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- Avon Longas Specialty Singer
- Nestor Amaralas Pedro (uncredited)
- John Arnoldas Rio Headwaiter (uncredited)
- Carlos Barbeas Young Man at Wedding (uncredited)
- Page Cavanaugh Trioas Page Cavanaugh Trio
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Romance on the High Seas (1948)
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- The film was originally planned as a vehicle for Betty Hutton, but her pregnancy forced a recast; after briefly considering Judy Garland and Jane Powell, director Michael Curtiz auditioned band vocalist Doris Day, whose personal turmoil over her failing second marriage led her to give a teary, emotional rendition of "Embraceable You" that won her the role and her film debut.
- Director Michael Curtiz had rejected dozens of young women for the lead because none matched his demand that she be beautiful, able to sing and dance, and above all have "sparkle," until Doris Day walked in and he declared, "This is the most everything dame I have ever seen."
