Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe are two showgirls looking for love (and money) while shipboard on the way to France. Here Jane Russell finds a score of Olympic athletes busy training. She's frustrated that her flirting can't get their attention. Being able to resist Jane Russell? Now that takes athletic focus.
Often our showtune videos feature scantily clad women, possibly doing synchronized dance with Rockette-style high kicks. This film shows some scantily clad MEN, doing swimming, diving, gymnastics, and even badminton. That may be one reason this song has become very popular for female impersonators.
The 1953 film is based on the stage musical (1949) with Yvonne Adair in the Jane Russell role. Music for the stage show came from Jule Styne and Leo Robin, but this song is from Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson.
