mark.waltz Plied with mostly forgettable songs, Betty Hutton seems only out to upstage herself in this amusing but noisy musical comedy. She is a hatcheck girl at the Stork Club who saves the life of hobo Barry Fitzgerald who is really rich and ends up becoming a head liner there. Having money and success however is not always the key to happiness which she realizes because of boyfriend Don't DeFore's jealousy. Robert Benchley adds acerbic humor while character performers like Bill Goodwin, Iris Adrian and Grady Sutton add light-hearted humor.Betty was at the height of her popularity at this time and leaves no stone unturned to beg for the audiences love. She can tone it down when necessary but at times seems like a blonde version of Virginia O'Brien. Her best jazzy song is "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" which is probably her greatest hit. The supporting players do their best to try to not fade behind her but it is difficult. The always lovable Fitzgerald manages to not be relegated to the background. While she is definitely an acquired taste, it is certainty difficult to ignore her. Unfortunately, her temperament and ego soon took hold and even as Paramount's top leading lady, she quickly burned out her welcome.

wes-connors Mistakenly thinking the old man is committing suicide, two-piece bathing-suited Betty Hutton (as Judy Peabody) jumps in and saves eccentrically wealthy Barry Fitzgerald (as Jerry "Pop" Bates) from drowning. He decides to reward Ms. Hutton, who is barely making ends meet as a hat-check girl at "The Stork Club" in New York City. Mr. Fitzgerald becomes Hutton's mysterious benefactor, giving her an all-expenses paid apartment and a luxurious line of credit.Suddenly rich, Hutton decides to help poor Fitzgerald, unaware he is behind her wealth. Complicating matters, Hutton's boyfriend Don DeFore (as Danny Wilton) thinks she's become Fitzgerald's high-paid mistress.This is light, sentimental comedy infused by the personalities of its stars. The film really jumps to life when Hutton sings "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" which entered the record charts just before the film's release, and stuck around through the spring of 1946, going to #1 for two weeks. The song, which features a great Hutton vocal and infectious chorus, was her biggest chart hit, beating down competing versions from Les Brown and Hoagy Carmichael (who wrote the music).***** The Stork Club (12/19/45) Hal Walker ~ Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore, Robert Benchley

BigWhiskers Very dull clunker with Ms Hutton as a coat check girl at the Stork club who saves an old man from drowning .he turns out to be a millionaire and secretly rewards her with charge accounts ,a luxury apt and money. Once she realizes its no joke,she spends like there's no tomorrow,buying mink coats for her and her gf and even buying suits for the old man whom she thinks is just a down and out loser- For someone who was working a lowly job for probably a few bucks- to go out and buy mink coats etc, she has no concept of reality,it just seems very greedy and selfish of her to do so, coming into money and you go out and spend thousands without knowing where it came from and from who and not even knowing how much was given for her to use. She is rather snobbish in one scene with her new chauffeur basically treating him like crap, I had no respect for her. She still continues to work at the Stork club for some reason and the owner seems to show interest in her moving up and not chastising her for being late, I don't get that part of the plot , why would the owner of a posh club in 1945 give a hoot about a lowly coat check girl? and the millionaire giving her all that money and her saying that it ruined her life because her jealous jerk of a bf played by don defore thinks shes a kept girl. She sure didn't care about other people when she was buying minks and treating the chauffeur like crap. Her Bf dumps her ,i would have too and I would have dumped him too- Don Defore is supposed to be a marine ? yeah right b/s - he looks like he just got out of a limo with his perfect hair and tux - if he was a marine just coming back from the war in the pacific -he would have been battle hardened and not looking like Cary Grant. the conclusion of the movie is one of those unbelievable fantasy all smiles crap. I thought Hutton played a real jerk and her bf a jerk too. The rich millionaire and his wife were no more than fillers when Hutton wasn't whining or looking for sympathy on screen. Lousy movie. 1/10

lschrupp So, this beautiful blonde saves a rich old man from drowning, see? But she doesn't realize he's rich, see? And she tries to get him a job at the Stork Club, where she works, see? And he decides to secretly make her rich for being so nice to him, see? A totally predictable feel-good movie, worth watching if you like Betty Hutton and WWII vintage studio potboilers with fun stories and a couple of good musical numbers.