edwagreen Movie history was made with this 1949 film. Whoever expected that Jack Carson, who was robbed of supporting Oscar nominations for "Mildred Pierce," in 1945 and for "A Star is Born," 9 years later, would wind up with the girl by the end of this reviewed film. The girl being of all people Doris Day. While it's certainly not a flaw in a picture, Carson, always the abrasive, go-getter type, was not exactly your leading man in films.A flaw in this film is where a child is screaming mommy, mommy at the airport, while his widowed mother, Day, goes to Hollywood with Carson, her new promoter to seek a career as a singer. This is certainly an emotional scene, but Day soon acts as if the child never existed, and it's not until 40 minutes later that the child reenters the film.Otherwise, we have a good story here where Day is constantly being prevented from success. Some of the reasons are even comical. Lee Bowman, as the conceited singer, really shows his true ways at the very end of the film. There was a brief period in the film where I actually thought we were going into "A Star is Born," when Day finally makes it and Bowman, her beau, is hitting the bottle.S.Z. Sakall doesn't offer much in the movie. Of course, he fractures the English language once more with his line "Alcholics Unanimous." Selena Royle, his wife in the film, is given little to do. Eve Arden is back with Carson, and she is given some of the biting lines. Adolph Menjou, as the radio producer, also offers very little here.It doesn't take much to realize that Day didn't at first succeed given the type of sings she was singing. They were absolutely awful, but the title song "My Dreams is Yours" was memorable.

ngc137 The movie tells the story of Doug Blake (Jack Carson) as he searches for a new radio singer star in order to replace his conceited former friend Gary Mitchell (Lee Bowman), who has just refused to sign another contract. In New York Doug is spellbound by the singing talents of young war widow Martha Gibson (Doris Day). He brings her and her little son Freddy to Hollywood, where Martha and her manager Doug have to go through all the difficulties that an unknown singer has to face on the way to success. Gradually, Doug also falls in love with Martha, who however is more attracted by Gary Mitchell. We can't wait to see, of course, who will finally get the girl ...The familiar story line (with a musician rising from being a nobody to being a well-known and recognized star) is often delivered in a boring and either over-sentimental or spiritless way by other movies of this kind. In contrast, "My Dream is Yours" combines an original, heart-felt story with a good script and excellent direction. And there is Doris Day at the age of twenty-five! She may already appear quite charming in some of the better-known comedies that were produced ten or fifteen years later. Here her performance is so delightful to look at and her singing so refreshing to listen to that I was overwhelmed. If you like Doris Day, you simply have to see this movie.

The Novelist What a waste of my time. This dull film provided the 25 year old Doris Day with an opportunity to pay her bills and pad out her c.v. Apart from that, it serves no purpose at all, and shouldn't belong in the Day canon. Bring on the 1950's.

SkippyDevereaux Another early Warner Brothers musical with Doris Day and Jack Carson, but something is missing here and I don't know if it is a third person, like Dennis Morgan or what. Maybe I am judging this film against "It's A Great Feeling", and I shouldn't, but this is just not the movie that it could have been. It is nice to see the ever dependable Eve Arden and "Cuddles" Sakall in it and I do enjoy the two leads very much. It even has Bugs Bunny in it also--but then why not, he was, and still is, a Warner Brothers player also--LOL. Still a nice little movie to while away the time.