The movie's story centered around a troupe of dancers, and while Judy, played by Maureen O'Hara, Longed to become a ballerina, Bubbles' act was burlesque.
Clever press-agenting spread the unfounded rumor that " Gypsy" Smith was beginning a libel suit because one of the principal characters was a burlesque of himself.
What common ground can we find between the grimace of a merry-andrew, a play upon words, an equivocal situation in a burlesque and a scene of high comedy?