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General Observations (Aug. 2010 TCM showing)

posted 14 years ago by scrap-7
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1. Feels like a Doris Day vehicle that she ended up not doing and they replaced her with June.

2. Did anyone else notice what a copycat look Joan Collins(Crystal) had for Liz Taylor? Same haircut, color, makeup as Liz at the time. It was almost creepy to my mind. And, may I say, Joan's had some very nice facial work done over the years. I prefer her Dynasty face to this younger one.

3. Loved the take Joan Blondell (Edith) had on her character. She could have easily wisecracked it 100%, but she went for dimension and thoughtfulness, and I liked it.

4. LOVED Ann Sheridan's look here. Sad that she'd be dead in 11 years, cuz she looked awesome and so healthy.

5. I kept looking at Dolores Grey's Sylvia and wishing it was Janet Leigh. I wish Janet had played Sylvia here.

6. I love Leslie Nielson as an older actor but never liked him when he was younger and here is no exception. Absolutely no chemistry there between he and either of his "women". Weird, but he was unable to exude any of that back then for some reason. Now....in spades.

7. I enjoyed Ann Miller's performance, and I also liked the cat fight in the ranch kitchen...well-choreographed.

[–] bumpy01 14 years ago

The cat fight in the kitchen was a mess. Poor sound effects and extremely poor subbing of stunt women, especially the stand in for Dolores Gray. Ugh!

[–] beauedson 14 years ago

best scene in the movie is the rowboat gag where she grabs the oar and you think she's gonna smack the guy but instead she drops it in the lake and it drifts away and you think she's gonna bone the guy and she takes off her shoes and you think she's gonna bone the guy even more and then she jumps out of the boat and you realize she's trapping the guy

[–] denisa-dellinger 11 years ago

I agree totally about Leslie Nielson. That is because it is not suppose to have the men in it. It is all about the women and their men. They just stuck men in where they were needed, did you notice? They propped up the scene. Where a husband was needed, they filled one in. Buck Winston was the only one that I wanted to see because he was such a character in the original and in this one he was no different. Now Jim Baccus and the musical numbers were wonderful. It had many of the original's dialogue and scenes but it ampted up to the times it was being filmed in and changed it up. I don't like that they changed her name. June Allison was OK for the role but they could have done better. I don't know about Doris Day. I am still making up my mind about her. You have to have that innocence yet humor to laugh at oneself and others and still be wrought to agony of a broken heart and broken trust. June didn't portray that like Norma did for me. I don't think she was pretty enough for me. Norma had that real beauty. I couldn't get past June's hair. It was in every scene and it was still the same in all of them! Norma had that very modern short hair that was so beautiful on her. All the women in this film were heavy hitters and very popular at the box office at the time. I loved Anne Miller and Agnes Morehead. It is nice to see her in other roles other than what we first were introduced to her in, Bewitched.

[–] denis-38 10 years ago

This was an enjoyably campy movie, tho not nearly as good as the original.

However, let me assure you Joan Collins was never "very popular at the box office."

[–] hka-3 10 years ago

It is nice to see her in other roles other than what we first were introduced to her in, Bewitched.

Agreed. It's surreal to me that I've become such an Agnes Moorehead fan thanks to all the classic films I've been seeing her in.

As for June Allyson, I had the same issues with her, but tried to look past that and was somehow able to appreciate the positive things she brought to the role. She made the character likable. I enjoyed how she appeared to give into Buck's advances momentarily (the whole lake scene was funny). During one song and dance number she did with the men -- at first I wished her hair and wardrobe were better, yet with her great figure, her singing and dancing talent, the number turned out well. I also was thinking that her blue or periwinkle jumpsuit may have been a bit bold for that time, since women often performed song and dance numbers in gowns.

I noticed that about the men, to a certain extent. While watching it I was thinking about how Nielson's role didn't take up much time compared to many of the women's roles.