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Post by petrolino on Mar 9, 2019 15:26:11 GMT
Quite a movie. Been screening this afternoon on the BBC2 channel.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 9, 2019 16:03:18 GMT
Had fond memories of a long ago viewing. Rare for me, but, I did not like it when watched it again last year.
Acting, music, casting etc were fine but the story itself was just somehow not working.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 9, 2019 16:09:23 GMT
Great to see Leslie Caron and Fred Astaire together, age difference notwithstanding. They dance together beautifully, as one would expect. Also enjoyable seeing Fred Astaire and Terry Moore play off each other.
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Post by teleadm on Mar 9, 2019 17:47:07 GMT
I wrote this about a year ago:
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Daddy Long Legs 1955, directed by Jean Negulesco, based on novel by Jean Webster, songs by Johnny Mercer, starring Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Ray Anthony and his Orchestra and others.
Musical about millionaire Jervis Pendleton (Astaire), on a trip to Paris, sees an 18 year old girl (Caron) in an orphanage. Enchanted with her, but mindful of the difference in their ages, he sponsors her to college in New England. She writes him letters, which he doesn't read and forgetting about her. After 3 years, he goes to visit her at a dance, not telling her that he is her benefactor and they fall in love...
This is a very cute and entertaining movie of the old kind that I like. The obvious age difference between Astaire and Caron is also part of this movies plot and creates concerns. Leslie Caron could read the telephone directory and still charm me. My only objection is a ballet sequence near the end that felt unnecessary. All in all, I liked to be in their company, but for the two hours the movie took, was a little time too much, but on plus side, Thelma Ritter and Fred Clark gives the movie some comedy when it needs it.
It was nominated for 3 Oscars, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color, Best Music, Original Song "Something's Gotta Give" and Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Alfred Newman).
To my knowledge this is the latest version of Jean Webster's novel, I was pretty sure there had been a later TV-movie, but I must remember wrong.
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Re-edited it a little bit
Noticed a few words was missing.
What I wrote a year ago I still stand for.
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Post by louise on Mar 10, 2019 16:55:37 GMT
I found it disappointing. The book is charming, but the musical is nothing like the book, and Fred Astaire is far too old (in the book, Jervis is only fourteen years older than Judy).
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