Pardon My Rhythm

Bob Crosby hears Mel Torme play the drums and must have him for his own band. The problem is that he's loyal to the band he's currently in, managed by Gloria Jean. No problem! He has chick singer Evelyn Ankers seduce the impressionable youngster. But Miss Jean has her own secret weapon, father Patric Knowles, a producer who can satisfy Miss Ankers' ambitions to be a serious thespian.

The nation had begun to notice a new phase of life, one between the time that girls started needing to wear brassieres and boys could join the army without their parents' permission, and Universal Pictures was satisfying this newly recognized demographics with movies aimed at them, offering the sort of music they liked. 18-year-old Mel Torme was an obvious candidate for a teen-age heart throb while Sinatra was signed to MGM. Does Torme sing? Not solo, but you do have the Mel-Tones.