Sisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands.
Kay, Barbara, and Susan Latimer come into a small legacy when they expected a large one, then abandon the Texas greasy-spoon where they work to hunt in Miami for rich husbands, said to be plentiful there. Barbara and Susan posing as "wealthy" Kay's secretary and maid, they all check into a posh hotel, and soon Kay is in the delightful predicament of being pursued by two handsome, wealthy bachelors at once. But musical-comedy complications arise.—Rod Crawford <[email protected]>
After the main title and opening credits, the audience enters Texas Tommys drive-in greasy-spoon on Texas State Highway 73 (Texas Tommys slogan is Service with a Song) where the carhop sisters, Kay (Betty Grable) and Barbara Latimer (Carole Landis), sing "What Can I Do for You?" A much-anticipated letter from a lawyer arrives. Together with their Aunt Sue (Charlotte Greenwood), the drive-ins cook, the sisters open the letter to discover they have inherited $55,000. They are ecstatic until they learn that their share after court cost, lawyer fees, and taxes is only $4,287.96. Terribly disappointed, they decide to invest the money by heading to Miami, the millionaires playground, to look for husbands.
The next scene is a Miami travelogue as an off-screen chorus sings "Oh Me, Oh Mi-ami." Kay, dressed in finery that looks like they spent most of their inheritance on her outfit, Barbara, as Miss Sears, Kay's secretary and Aunt Sue, as Kay's maid, arrive at their bungalow. They sing and dance their version of "Oh Me, Oh Mi-ami."
Jack (Charlotte Greenwood), one of the resort's waiters, delivers champagne compliments of Mr. Jeffrey Bolton (Robert Cummings). During Jack's visit to their bungalow, he flirts with Aunt Sue. He also agrees to help Kay discern the difference between male fortune hunters and actual millionaires.
Kay telephones Mr. Bolton to thank him for the champagne, but complains about its flatness. When Jeffrey comes over to check out the problem, he is so impressed with Kay that he invites her to a party at his suite, where most of the guests are asleep (the party has been going for days). Once the band leaves after having played for 16 hours, Jeff plays the piano and sings "You Started Something." Another band arrives and joins in as Kay sings. After a short duet by Jeff and Kay, she performs a cute seated tap routine with the Condos Brothers ((Nick Condos, Steve Condos)). Kay meets Phil (Don Ameche), apparently another wealthy playboy, at the party. Thereafter throughout the film, Jeff tries to get Kay away from Phil or visa versa. When Phil and Kay dance at the party, Phil sings a reprise of "You Started Something." In the following scene, while Phil and Kay drive in a convertible, Phil sings "I've Got You All to Myself," but Jeff pops up in the backseat.
The next few scenes were quite obviously not shot in Miami --- a speed boat chase between the two guys was filmed in Lake Eloise and the grounds of Cypress Gardens, near Winter Haven, Florida, while Phil and Kay are shown at Silver Springs, near Ocala, Florida and, Phil and Kay's romantic underwater tête-à-tête was filmed at Rainbow Springs in Dunnellon, Florida --- all three locales are hundreds of miles north of Miami.
Kay is having difficulty choosing between these two handsome millionaires, so she brings her sister, disguised as her secretary, along to a dinner dance as a double date. Back at the bungalow, Jack kisses Sue and they sing and dance to "Is That Good?" During the dinner, while Kay and Phil dance, Barbara/Miss Sears gives Jeff a pep-talk about his ability to amount to something without relying on his father's wealth.
Later that evening, in another Cypress Gardens scene, Phil and Kay cruise some canals in an electric boat. They sing "Loveliness and Love," and kiss. After this romantic scene, however, Phil confesses to Kay that he is broke, and Kay confesses she was going to marry him for his money. Later, Phil tells Jeff that Kay is more interested in him, so he immediately proposes. She accepts.
At a party honoring Kay and Jeff's engagement, she sings "Kindergarten Conga." She and the crowd dance the conga, and then she and a guy (Hermes Pan, the film's choreographer) perform a tap routine. It appears that Phil has turned his attention to Connie Fentress (Cobina Wright), a grocery-store heiress and Kay is jealous. Jack, who has been hired to help serve at the party, tries to tell Jeff that Kay is only marrying him for his money, but he gets locked in the bathroom.
Jeff, Kay and Miss Sears/Barbara travel to Jeff's private island home where Jeff introduces the girls to his wealthy father (William Willie Bolton is played by George Lessey ). Willie is cooking gas-house eggs. At breakfast the next morning, Jeff and Barbara/Miss Sears have been horseback riding. Phil shows up because he says he is Jeff's best man. Jack, finally out of the locked bathroom, arrives on the island to inform Jeff that Kay is a gold digger, but the Latimer girls convince him not to tell Jeff for a little while. At another party for Jeff and Kay on the island, a group of dancers (Jack Cole & Co., and the Condos Brothers --- (Nick Condos, Steve Condos)) perform a big production number to "Solitary Seminole."
When Phil and Kay dance together at the party, he can sense she is unhappy. She's in love with Phil even though she's supposed to marry Jeff. Jeff, due to Barbara's influence, takes a job in Brazil to prove he can accomplish something on his own without his father's money. When Kay runs upstairs and starts packing, Phil follows. He tells her they are going away together. Before they can depart, Jeff comes upstairs and informs them he wants to marry Miss Sears.
In the last scene, the audience sees three happy couples: Phil and Kay, Jeff and Barbara, and Jack and Aunt Sue (skiing with Sue on Jack's shoulders).
