This movie is pretty much a remake of Viktor und Viktoria (1933) which is still available on DVD from amazon.de. However, there is a character (Blake Edwards as Charles Bovin, Private Investigator hired by Labisse) that distracts from the movie by using too many slapstick scenes that do not fit the story.
Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews) is a starving-out-of-work legitimate female singer. She meets also work singer Carroll Todd (Robert Preston). Due to an extraordinary event, a plan hatches in Toddy's mind he suggests that Victoria poses as a man pretending to be a woman to get work. Victor Grezhinsk (Julie Andrews) is the Polish aristocrat female impersonator meats promoter (James Garner) who is at odds as to his/her gender. After a sneak peek he knows the difference but what about his big-time gangster buddies?
Many top actors and singers. You find singing ranges that very few people can match in Julie Andrews. Leslie Ann Warren is like a shiny toy. There are way too many great actors to mention in this review.
You will like the story. You will like the singing "Crazy World" that outshines the movie. You will want to watch this over and again.
Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews) is a starving-out-of-work legitimate female singer. She meets also work singer Carroll Todd (Robert Preston). Due to an extraordinary event, a plan hatches in Toddy's mind he suggests that Victoria poses as a man pretending to be a woman to get work. Victor Grezhinsk (Julie Andrews) is the Polish aristocrat female impersonator meats promoter (James Garner) who is at odds as to his/her gender. After a sneak peek he knows the difference but what about his big-time gangster buddies?
Many top actors and singers. You find singing ranges that very few people can match in Julie Andrews. Leslie Ann Warren is like a shiny toy. There are way too many great actors to mention in this review.
You will like the story. You will like the singing "Crazy World" that outshines the movie. You will want to watch this over and again.