It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.
In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals.

This week’s musical:
April Love (1957) – Musical #767

Studio:
20th Century Fox

Director:
Henry Levin

Starring:
Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Dolores Michaels, Arthur O’Connell, Matt Crowley, Jeanette Nolan, Bradford Jackson, Robert Adler (uncredited)

Plot:
When Nick Conover (Boone) has a brush with the law in Chicago, he is sent to Kentucky to stay with his aunt and uncle (Nolan, O’Connell) on their farm in Kentucky for the summer. Nick befriends their neighbors, Liz (Jones) and Fran (Michaels) Templeton, and becomes interested in harness horse racing.

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