Cinema: The New Pictures, Jun. 2, 1952

Lovely to Look At (M-G-M), a remake of the old Broadway musical Roberta (filmed in 1935 with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) is delightful to listen to because of such Jerome Kern songs as Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, I Won't Dance and the title tune. The picture is also pleasant to look at with a 15-minute fashion finale featuring startling Adrian creations in Technicolor.

Unfortunately, the screenplay is not quite so chic. Red Skelton inherits a half interest in a Paris dress salon and stages a musical fashion show on the premises. Howard Keel sings and has romantic designs on Designer...

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