 When Corinne Calvet shows disdain for the advances of the sailors in  the nightclub, the manager mentions that she was enamored with the  clubs former crooner who sang "Moonlight Becomes You," and suggests  that Dean Martins characters singing style might be a successful  substitute. "Moonlight Becomes You" was a Bing Crosby standard, and  Martin consciously tried to imitate Crosby early in his career.