SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES (1942) Roy Rogers & George 'Gabby' Hayes | Western | Colorized

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Springtime in the Rockies is an American Technicolor musical comedy film released by Twentieth Century Fox in 1942. It stars Betty Grable, with support from John Payne, Carmen Miranda, Cesar Romero, Charlotte Greenwood, and Edward Everett Horton. Also appearing were Grable's future husband Harry James and his band. The director was Irving Cummings. The screenplay was based on the short story "Second Honeymoon" by Philip Wylie.

Synopsis

During the thirty-fourth week of their hit Broadway show, dancer Vicky Lane awaits the arrival of her partner, Dan Christy, but as usual, he is late. Vicky thinks that Dan is buying her an engagement ring and is infuriated to discover that he has been on a date with socialite Marilyn Crothers.

Fed up with Dan's womanizing and insensitivity, Vicky quits the show and returns to her former dancing partner and beau, Victor Prince, who is still in love with her.

Three months pass as Dan sinks into a depression and cannot find a backer for his new show. He sits in bars, drinking by himself. His agent, "the Commissioner", tells him that financiers Bickel and Brown will back his show, but only if he can get Vicky to return. Dan is pessimistic, for Vicky and Victor are beginning a new engagement with Harry James and His Music Makers at the famous Lake Louise resort in the Canadian Rockies. The Commissioner tells Dan to romance Vicky so that she will come back, and not tell her about Bickel and Brown until she arrives in New York. He then asks bartender McTavish to get the drunken Dan on the next plane to Lake Louise.

When Dan awakens sometime later, he finds himself at the Canadian resort and learns that he has hired McTavish as his valet and Rosita Murphy, who was working in the souvenir shop at the Detroit airport, as his secretary. McTavish is an eccentric whose wealthy aunt bankrolled him to several college degrees.

Dan meets Vicky, who happily shows off her engagement ring from Victor. Dan is discouraged but hits upon the scheme of making Vicky jealous by romancing Rosita. His plan appears to be working until Vicky learns the truth from Rosita, who has aroused the interest of Victor, although she prefers McTavish. Vicky's friend, Phoebe Gray, is also intrigued by McTavish, and the couples spend much time pursuing and arguing with each other.

One evening, Dan barges into Vicky's room and refuses to leave even when she summons Victor. He hides, but is discovered by Victor, who accuses Vicky of being unfaithful, and she breaks off their engagement. Later that evening, Vicky and Dan reconcile. Dan proposes marriage and promises to be honest with her. He tries to tell her about the new show, but she rushes off to plan their departure the next morning. So instead he suggests a honeymoon in New York. As she is checking out in the morning, Vicky meets the Commissioner, and Bickel and Brown, who have just arrived. They spill the beans about the show.

Thinking that Dan is using her once again, Vicky runs off in tears, but quick-thinking Rosita covers up for Dan, convincing Vicky that he intended to take her to California for their honeymoon. In the process, however, Bickel and Brown are lost as backers and Rosita must persuade McTavish to invest some of his inheritance in the show. The show opens with Vicky and Dan as the star performers, supported by Harry James, Rosita and Victor, and McTavish and Phoebe.

Cast & Crew

Harry James as Himself
Jackie Gleason as "the Commissioner" (uncredited)
Chick Chandler as Stage Manager
Iron Eyes Cody as White Cloud
Dick Elliott as Mr. Jeepers
Bess Flowers as Mrs. Jeepers
Helen Forrest as Herself
Harry Hayden as Mr. Brown
Russell Hicks as Man in Dark with Lighter
George Lloyd
Dona Massin
Carole Mathews
Jewel McGowan
Aloísio de Oliveira as Patrick Murphy, Jr.
Frank Orth as Mr. Bickel
John Roche
Mary Stuart
Charles Tannen as Backstage Call Boy (voice)
Margo Woode

Directed by: Irving Cummings
Screenplay by: Walter Bullock, Ken Englund, Jacques Thery (adaptation)
Based on: "Second Honeymoon," a 1936 Redbook story by Philip Wylie
Produced by: William LeBaron
Cinematography: Ernest Palmer
Edited by: Robert L. Simpson
Music by: Alberto Colombo
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: November 6, 1942
Running Time: 91 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Box Office: $3.5 million (United States), $240,000 (United Kingdom)