The dvd I picked up of this movie promoted it as a Judy Garland musical on the case. Judy in reality plays a very small part in the movie but believe me, she towers over those around her, apart from June Allyson, Van Heflin and Lena Horne who also put in sterling performances.
In typical MGM fashion, the movie is beautifully staged with wonderful photography, costuming and other production values. However, it is overly long and I needed a break after the first hour and a half. The script is trite though I have to admit I needed to reach for a tissue at one point!
Robert Walker was a great actor but seemed miscast here, playing a good guy without any obvious character faults. In some scenes he looked as though he would have liked to have torn off his character makeup and run screaming from the sound stage.
Jerome Kern wrote a lot of great songs, but many of those performed in this movie weren't his best. Often they weren't stage very effectively, either.
An enjoyable movie for the most part, but not one of my favourites. I'll just mark Judy's, Lena's and June's songs in the memory for future replays.
In typical MGM fashion, the movie is beautifully staged with wonderful photography, costuming and other production values. However, it is overly long and I needed a break after the first hour and a half. The script is trite though I have to admit I needed to reach for a tissue at one point!
Robert Walker was a great actor but seemed miscast here, playing a good guy without any obvious character faults. In some scenes he looked as though he would have liked to have torn off his character makeup and run screaming from the sound stage.
Jerome Kern wrote a lot of great songs, but many of those performed in this movie weren't his best. Often they weren't stage very effectively, either.
An enjoyable movie for the most part, but not one of my favourites. I'll just mark Judy's, Lena's and June's songs in the memory for future replays.