New Picture

Call Me Mister (20th Century-Fox) salvages the title, one sketch and three songs from the 1946 Broadway hit revue that celebrated the G.I.'s exultant return to civilian life. Now that olive drab is back in style, the Technicolored cinemusical re-enlists in the Army and uses the Japanese occupation as a backdrop for songs & dances by Dan Dailey and Betty Grable, World War II's favorite pin-up girl.

Betty plays a CAT (Civilian Actress Technician), and Sergeant Dailey is a dog of a fellow who likes to collect lipstick. Between snarling and nuzzling, they help the Army put on a show in a G.I. auditorium whose elaborate stage could pass for that of Radio City Music Hall. It all falls into a tired pattern, but there are compensations: the stars' dependable footwork, a bright spoof of Air Force life, and plenty of fresh clowning by Comedian Danny Thomas.

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