Strictly in the Groove Reviews

Weak script is wrapped around 16 songs in less than an hour, too many tunes for that length of time. Story centers on Davies, a college student who flunks out after spending more time with his band than with his studies. This doesn't please his father, Hicks, owner of a successful hotel chain, so Hicks sends Davies away to an Arizona dude ranch. Davies takes his band along, and there meets Healy, the owner of a rivald hotel. While she struggles to keep her place open, she and Davies also fall in love, much to the dismay of Hicks. Songs: "It Makes No Difference Now" (Jimmie Davis, Floyd Tillman), "Sweethearts or Strangers" (Davis, Lou Wayne), "You Are My Sunshine" (Davis, Charles Mitchell, sung by Davis and the Jimmy Wakely Trio), "Be Honest with Me" (Gene Autry, Fred Rose), "Elmer's Tune" (Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop, Dick Jurgens), "Ridin' On" (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson, sung by Kenny Stevens and the Diamond Solid-Aires), "Dancing on Air" (Milton Rosen, Everett Carter, sung by Martha Tilton), "I Never Knew" (Tom Pitts, Ray Egan, Roy J. Marsh), "Somebody Else is Taking My Place" (Dick Howard, Bob Ellsworth, Russ Morgan), "Miss You" (Charles Tobias, Harry Tobias, sung by Mary Healy), "I'll Remember April" (Don Raye, Gene De Paul, sung by Healy, with the Diamond Solid-Aires).