Texas Carnival

The swimming star
This is a great movie with lots of laughs and nice singing by Howard Keel and great dancing by Ann Miller. I like the special effect of Esther Williams swimming in Howard Keel's living room. Of course Red Skelton is funny as usual and Keenan Wynn. They don't make them like this anymore.

A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING...
This is an odd pastiche of a movie that seems put together just to allow each of its stars to do what they each do best. Red Skelton has some zany moments of slapstick and face mugging. Ethel waters has her requisite water and swim scenes. Ann Miller has her song and dance numbers. The ever handsome Howard Keel sings his heart out. Keenan Wynn...well, believe it or not, he just acts.

The film revolves around carnival dunk show impresario (Red Skelton) and the star of his water show (Ethel Williams) who are down on their luck and close to starving. They run into a Texas oil tycoon (Keenan Wynn) who, while on a drunken spree, befriends the carnival impresario and leaves him his car while he goes off in a cab, as he is too drunk to drive. Our impresario, with his star, later drives the car to the hotel where he believes the tycoon is staying in order to return the car. There, he is mistaken for the very person he's looking for, and his dunk show star is mistaken for the...

Texas Carnival
I love Red Skelton and this is one of his best. He and sister played by Ester Williams are starving while working in a broken down carnival. Accidentally, Red meets wealthy drunk Keenan Wynn. Red finds himself in an elegant hotel being mistaken for the millionaire and Ester the millionaire's sister. Lots of laughter, dancing by Ann Miller and singing by Howard Keel make this a classic to enjoy.

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