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Rita Hayworth really was a screen goddess in the late 1940s–so why not cast her as Terpsichore, the goddess of dance? That’s the premise of this splashy Technicolor musical, which borrows some devices (and cast members) from Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Rita descends to earth to inject authenticity into a Broadway show about Terpsichore, posing as an actress and turning the head of impresario Larry Parks (then in the brief moment between his Jolson Story smash and his blacklisting). This leads to an overblown, pretentious out-of-town tryout, an amusing sequnce that predicts the highbrow disaster in The Band Wagon. In general, this film is funnier than its reputation, although it doesn’t add up to anything and the song score is tepid (with one delightfully weird number where Rita considers bigamy with Parks and dancer Marc Platt). And Rita? Very creamy looking in a series of lavish gowns–and hardly down to earth. –Robert Horton
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Down to Earth was blissful! You have to ante up this movie! A swell performance by Rita Hayworth & Larry Parks make Down to Earth a “have got to lay down” movie!
The awesome cast includes Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, Roland Culver, James Gleason. This cast just make Down to Earth the more confounding!