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:
Are You With It? (1948) – Musical #807

Studio:
Universal Pictures

Director:
Jack Hively

Starring:
Donald O’Connor, Olga San Juan, Martha Stewart, Lew Parker, Walter Catlett, Patricia Dane (billed as Pat Dane), Ransom Sherman, Louis Da Pron, Noel Neill, Julie Gibson, George O’Hanlon, Eddie Parks, Raymond Largay, Jody Gilbert, Howard Negley, Charles Bedell, Jimmie Dodd (uncredited), Sally Forrest (uncredited), Edward Gargan (uncredited),

Plot:
Milton Haskins (O’Connor) is a math wiz at the Nutmeg Insurance Company and rarely makes a mistake. But when one day he makes a decimal error, Milton leaves work feeling like a failure. He meets Goldie (Parker), who helps Milton become “with it” by hooking him up with a carnival and becoming a performer. Milton’s sweetheart, Vivian (San Juan), becomes concerned about Milton’s whereabouts and begins looking for him. Vivian also joins the carnival, and shortly after, strange and dangerous things begin to happen, and Milton begins to investigate.

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