RKO. Director William A. Seiter; Producer William A. Seiter; Screenplay James Edward Grant; Camera Ray Rennahan; Editor Ernest Nims; Music Arthur Lange; Art Director Perry Ferguson
Randolph Scott
Gypsy Rose Lee
Dinah Shore
Charles Winninger
William Marshall
Belle of the Yukon is a typical backstage filmusical, utilizing a Yukon dancehall for setting. Opening title tips off that it is not to be taken seriously, and then yarn spins with tongue-in-cheek attitude and in general light vein.
Randolph Scott is a reformed confidence man who fled north from the law, and opened a successful dancehall-gambling establishment at Malamute. Gypsy Rose Lee, deserted by Scott in his flight, arrives as head of a new entertainment unit and is intrigued by his reformation to again fall in love with him.
William Seiter grooves the fragile tale in a light vein throughout, accentuating the characters to compensate for the slim plot. Screenplay [from a story by Houston Branch] has liberal supply of chuckling dialog. Production mounting is top grade.
(Color) Extract of a review from 1944. Running time: 83 MIN.
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