Mon amour t'appelle

Aspiring Broadway couple Marge and Gauer Champion have their career interrupted when Marge becomes pregnant and gives birth to a darling girl. Gauer always seemed to have what was ailing Marge. Their dance routines are wonderfully staged, but the obvious plot can become over- bearing at times. Monica Lewis, Marge's understudy moves into her shoes with ease after expressing much reluctance. The problem becomes the usual thing of Lewis trying to become a home-wrecker as Gauer insists that Marge be a stay-at-home mother. When a weekend visit by the cast, 4 years later, makes it obvious what Lewis wants, Marge vows a return to her career. When nasty things are said by the couple, they head for divorce. Dennis O'Keefe plays an understanding producer who comes to the aid and finally Gauer has the nerve to tell Miss Lewis to take a walk.

Even with the talented MARGE and GOWER CHAMPION as the stars, EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS is a dreadfully unoriginal backstage story of stage stars whose marriage is on the rocks when the wife discovers she is pregnant before the run of a hit show. Hubby goes on with another actress--and well, you can guess the rest. Nothing is inspired about the songs which brings all the action to a halt whenever the script calls for a song cue. In other words, unlike most MGM musicals, none of the songs are integrated into the witless plot. And surprisingly, none of the choreography suggests anything even approaching the routines the duo did in their big MGM hit, SHOW BOAT, where they had some outstanding song-and-dance routines. This is strictly a programmer, the kind of film that played the lower half of double bills when it opened.

This bright Technicolor vehicle for Marge and Gower Champion is chock full of well-choreographed musical numbers - especially the very sexy "Cairo." The film had a high rating on IMDb until it received a (well-written) negative review. The divorce drama doesn't get in the way of the music, and Dennis O'Keefe is excellent as the divorce lawyer. Marge and Gower are also good. Especially Gower - who's as cute as a button - as a hypochondriac. Every other film that featured Marge and Gower Champion had so-so choreography at best, which makes this one a welcome pleasure. This *is* a small musical compared to a film such as "The Band Wagon," but it's enormously entertaining in its own right.