I tried to watch this on TCM tonight. Couldn't do it. I would watch for a few minutes and then channel surf and come back to it and then go away again. Mostly because Vera-Ellen's character of "Jeannie" was SO unpleasant I just could not watch her. What DID the two guys see in her (O.K. I know the Scot was after her money)really?
Seeing the real location footage of Scotland was the only saving grace.
i agree. there is nothing happy about this movie at all. in fact, it's down right tragic!!! this has got to be the absolute WORST musical i have ever seen. now i know why TCM is airing it at 3:00am, although why they bother airing at all is a complete mystery to me. i can fully understand why this was vera-ellen's and tony martin's last movie. she dances like a marionette suspended from tangled strings and couldn't act her way out of a snuff film if her life depended on it. i wonder how many time the director had to yell "cut" and tell her NOT to look into the camera. her eyes are all over the place, she almost seems neurotic. tony martin may have a decent voice, but the songs in this movie are so tedious, horrible, and forgetable (thank goodness) and his acting is so forced, it is actually painful to watch it.
and where did the jazz ballet come from? did someone just pull it out of their butt and stick it in this movie?
did anyone in this movie go on to make another one after this??? because it seems like putting this on one's resume would be an instant career-killer.
given the choice of watching this or having dental surgery without anesthesia, i'd welcome the drill with open arms!
It was a forgettable movie but I don't know if the actors alone were responsible. The plot of the movie is also pretty bad so the writer and director can't escape criticism.
None of the characters were likeable so I wasn't interested in rooting for anyone. The worse was probably Jeannie.
She blew all the money her grandfather had worked for and saved, probably his entire life, in two weeks on frivolity. It was hers at that point but I found it to be disrespectful. She even had to sell their home as a result.
Her grandfather's letter was delivered a year after his death; after a proper mourning period and when his tombstone was in place. He put the note and money in the bible and bible box. They weren't that hard to find yet she never found either of them. Perhaps he knew she was a twit who'd never find the money on her own. Then once she had it, she'd waste it. He should have left it to the church; it would have done more good.
She made a big deal of Mr. Smith paying for her lunch but she had no problem running to him when she needed rescuing and accepting favors from him; even when she needed a place to stay. What did he get for his efforts? When she saw him going out, which he had every right to do, she got territorial and acted as if he was cheating on her. She should have taken his lie about having to attend to business as a way of letting her know she was too clingy.
She then latched on to the phony lord because of his title and presumed wealth. When it turned out he had no money, she dropped him like a hot potato. She says she 'thought' she was in love with him but if he had been all she believed him to be, she would have happily married him, gotten a title and wrote home to brag about it. He came clean and told her the truth but she never confessed that she had been using him too.
Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]