And then HOLIDAY IN MEXICO. Talk about a top-heavy movie! They've got Walter Pidgeon, Jane Powell, Jose Iturbi, Roddy McDowall, Xavier Cugat, AND Ilona Massey: two musicians, two sopranos, and two parallel love stories. I'm surprised Carmen Miranda didn't pop over from Fox! But she wouldn't arrive until the next year for A DATE WITH JUDY.
Ilona Massey may have been a plum for MGM executives to try to pick (allegedly several chased her before her marriage), but she didn't have much screen presence or charisma that I can see.