Playwright Glenn Russell arrives from out of town, expecting royalty payments for his work, and Miller convinces him to invest in the play.

Crowther compared him unfavorably to Eddie Albert, stating that "when [the remaining cast] are left alone to play 'Room Service' they make this an up-and-coming film.

"[1] The film was nominated an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Claude E.

[2] On January 19, 1945, 30 teenage members of a local Sinatra fan club attended the premiere of Step Lively at the Empire Theatre in Sydney, Australia.

They were met by an unruly mob of at least 300 people who were incited to anger by weeks of anti-Sinatra and anti-bobby soxer rhetoric in the media.

[3][4][5] Subsequent media coverage of this incident led to a national debate on the merit of Sinatra's music, his talent relative to that of Bing Crosby and the legitimacy of his young fans' appreciation for his work.

[9] The article intended to demonstrate to the public that these were honest, intelligent young people with a genuine appreciation of Sinatra's music, not the hysterical "swooners" they had been made out to be.