Hi, Good Lookin! (1944) DVD-R

Starring Harriet Hilliard, Eddie Quillan, Kirby Grant, Betty Kean, Roscoe
Karns, Marjorie Gateson, Fuzzy Knight
Directed by Edward C. Lilley

Print: black/white
Runtime: 62 min.
Genre: musical
Print Quality: B

At least 30 percent of Universal's "vest-pocket" musicals of the 1940s
included the word "Hi" in the title. Such was the case of 1944's Hi,
Good-Lookin', an agreeable vehicle for songstress Harriet Hilliard and
her bandleader husband Ozzie Nelson. The barely existant plot finds
aspiring singer Kelly Clark (Hilliard) falling in love with incognito radio
star King Castle (played by future Sky King star Kirby Grant). As a punch
line, Castle, working under an assumed name, is hired as his own summer
replacement, with Kelly in tow. Eddie Quillan provides chuckles as talent
agent Dynamo Carson (who evidently doesn't lack for self confidence),
while the Delta Rhythm Boys show up for a mellow rendition of "Paper
Doll."