Get Hep to Love (1942) DVD-R

Starring Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige, Peggy Ryan, Edith
Barrett, Nana Bryant, Irving Bacon
Directed by Charles Lamont

Print: black/white
Runtime: 71 min.
Genre: musical
Print Quality: B

A bit higher-budgeted than most of Universal's 'pocket' musicals, Get Hep to Love runs a full
79 minutes rather than the standard hard-and-fast hour. Gloria Jean plays child musical
prodigy Doris Stanley, who is overworked and exploited by her avaricious Aunt Addie (Nana
Bryant). Escaping her aunt's clutches for a well-deserved vacation, Doris manages to elude
the private detective (Tim Ryan) hired to bring her back. Landing in a small town, she
assumes a phony name and allows herself to be adopted by young marrieds Stephen and
Ann Winters (Robert Paige, Jane Frazee). She also attends a 'normal' high school for the
first time in her life, where she vies with brattish Elaine Sterling (Cora Sue Collins) over the
affections of Jimmy Arnold (Donald O'Connor). In standard movie-musical fashion,
everyone's problems are straightened out with a climactic production number, spotlighting
Gloria Jean's operatic soprano and Donald O'Connor's fancy footwork.