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:
Bring Your Smile Along (1955) – Musical #780

Studio:
Columbia Pictures

Director:
Blake Edwards

Starring:
Frankie Laine, Keefe Brasselle, Constance Towers, Lucy Marlow, William Leslie, Mario Siletti, Ruth Warren, Jack Albertson, Barrie Chase (uncredited)

Plot:
New England high school teacher Nancy Willow (Towers) wants to try her hand at becoming a lyricist and goes to New York City for three months to see if she can succeed. While staying at the same boarding house, she meets composer Marty Adams (Brasselle) and singer Jerry Dennis (Laine) who are looking for a lyricist. She overhears their music, jots down a lyric and forms a friendship with them and they write a few songs together. However, their working relationship is hindered when Marty falls for Nancy, who has a boyfriend (Leslie) back home at the high school where she works.

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