June 16th: Coalminer's Daughter

This is the latest movie I've watched for the Project yet (Sorry my posts are so late, by the way, really awful internet, but I have been watching). Anyways, This movie barely made the cut, being made in 1980, but when you watch it it does NOT look 30 years old. The film quality is to amazing for that.

The Coal Miner's Daughter came out, like I said, in 1980, and stars Sissy Spasek, who we'll probably see in another movie later on. The story is that of a Loretta Lynn, one of the first real woman country singers. The movie takes more than two hours to go over her interesting romance with the husband she got at 14, Moony, who is played by Tommy Lee Jones (K in Men In Black, and as I just figured out, Hank in Love Story). Their romance is both good and bad as Mooney helps her with her becoming a big country star, but he is very controlling. Aside that, this story shows Lynn on her hard way to become famous, the friends she gains, and well, shows her become a spoiled brat and be okay again at the end.

The film Is really very cute and kept my attention the whole time I reccomend it fully.

I'm gunna try and get all those posts up today, wish me luck!

The Flick Chick

June 15th: The Man Who Knew Too Much

Okay guys, so my internet has been awful so all of my posts are ending up late and I'm sorry. Still watching and posting though, so be patient for me?

My mother, as I may or may not have mention, works at a boarding school for wayward girls. Well, the school's motto is "Everything Happens For a reason" which is just another way of saying God knows what he's doing. Well, the couple in the movie I saw on June 15th I really think proves this.

In 1934 Alfred Hitchcock had The Man Who Knew Too Much make its debut. The movie is about Bill and Jill Lawrence as they're vacationing with their daughter. While Jill is dancing with a friend at a party, He's shot (And NOBODY NOTICED). The couple finds out he was a French spy, and as he dies he gives them specific information. Now, because of knowing this information, the assassins kid-napped the Lawrence's daughter. The couple must come up with a plan hat not only get's their daughter back, but greatly affects the mission of their friend and the assassin's (Which with Hitchcock could mean anything) . What makes the film is the creepy performance of Peter Lorre who is the assassin's head dude.

The movie was redone later, the only movie that Hitchcock ever re-did, and he did it with Mr. James Stewart, one of my more favorite actors, the dude in It's A Wonderful Life and Dorris Day. Apparently the two films are very different, and I'm looking forward to seeing the remake.
The movie is Questionable for children from mild violence.



The movie is in one piece at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBTzgYuo6GU&feature=related

The Flick Chick, Signing off until my other entiry posts (hopefully the next 10 minutes)

June 14th: Splendor in The Grass

Girls are very very interesting when it comes to guys. A lot of us will do anything for the right guy. We'll tell him what he wants to hear, do what he wants us to do and so on. Then there are some of us (Like myself) who sit on the side-lines and pity the others. This is the situation that was called again while I watched todays film.

Splendor in the Grass came out in 1961 starring (Again) Natalie Wood as cute little "Deanie" Looms from 1928. She's an adorable high-school student who loves life and is love with a guy named Bud. Typical high-school romance except that in my opinion this guy is a complete ASSHOLE. Deanie becomes the Ophelia of the 1920's which, if you know anything of Hamlet, Ophelia was his squeeze who HE DROVE INSANE.

Okay, so the entire first half of the movie is Bud trying to get Deanie to have sex with him, but she doesn't want to. She was taught not to do anything like that unless she was married. Now, the 20's were somewhat of a cultural revolution for women where they became much more free with themselves, so Deanie's being expose to girls who are very into freedom and well, sex, including Bud's own sister. Still, she's a good girl and stays a virgin (which I admire actually) so Bud, being an asshole, Dumps her and starts banging the Class slut.



Wow. Can you imagine that? "Sorry honey but because you have a decent amount of respect for yourself I like this girl more." The sad fact is that that actually happens a lot. This is my public service message: Girls, Sex should never be why a man claims he loves you. You deserve a person who will respect your decisions about sex no-matter what they may be. Really.
Anyways, If you've ever been a high-schooler, you know everything gets around. So everybody knows on Monday what Deanie wasn't doing, and because of all this pressure the last half of this movie is spent watching her go crazy. Well, don't be to upset. She meets her husband in the loony bin and ends up okay.

The movie kept my attention the full 2 hours, but the story is AWFUL. It's very entertaining, but very depressing. Whats impressive is seeing Natalie Wood, Hollywood classic good girl, playing a crazy. She does a great job.





The Chick Of Flick, Signing off

June 13th: Cry In The Night

Well, in old movies there always tends to be a beautiful girl, who gets to be the damsel in distress, The villain, usually a guy who just wants money or something, and they guy who rescues the damsel, handsome guy who gets her in the end. In a technical sense, this movie has all of those, but not quite to the perfect definition.

Natalie Wood was a child star, and the most you'll prolly know her from is the musical Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story. Well, she stars as a cute little girl named Liz, who's opening scene is with her and her boyfriend on 'Lover's Loop'. (Don't play dumb. Every town has one.) Anyways, they're out there making out in his pretty little car when a creeper starts watching them. When the buff boyfriend goes to deal with him he gets knocked out and creepy drives off with Liz in that pretty car.

So Liz, as our damsel, isn't quite helpless, as she tries to get out of the creeps hands a few times, without success though. Our weirdo isn't typical either. He doesn't want money or to violate her, but rather just company, like a helpless Quasi Motto. Hes' really very insane and pretty damn scary though. Now are big guy to save the day? Not the boyfriend. Actually, it's Liz's father, who is a policeman and can't help but be on the case against his boss's will.

It;s a quick hour and 15 minute drama that really keeps your attention. I didn't expect it to be good at all but really did end up liking it. Nothing on Youtube but it was on TCM when I saw it.

The Flick Chick, Signing off.

June 12th: Invitation

Now, in today's T.V. and movies and books, Women fighting over men makes a 'great' story. Women are devious, everyone knows, but it's no new fact that they go crazy for a man and won't stop at anything. Apparently the same was true in the 1950's where our film takes place.

Invitation came out in 1952 starring a Dorothy McGuire as Ellen, a sick housewife who's just so happy to have her perfect husband. The man who plays her husband we know from The Last Time I Saw Paris, A Mr. Van Johnson. He's Dan, Ellen's perfect husband who does everything he can for her in her frail state.

Well, Ellen goes out to visit her rich father one day, she also stop by an old friend, Maud. Well, we find out in a flashback that the two were once great friends, and that Maud had her eyes on Dan, who randomly married Ellen and made her so happy. Well, now Ellen knows that Maud is still after Dan, ad that she's more ready than ever to start up the fighting again. But wait! Dan gets an invitation to some super private medical shindig that Maud just so happens to also be going to? (And I though I was a manipulative..... witch).

While looking into everything to protect her man, she actually finds out that the only reason Dan married her is because her rich daddy bought him for her because she's going to die in a few months. The rest of the movie is all the drama in figuring this out, but with an actually happy ending.

YouTubes got nothing, but the movie is on TCM every now and then guys. Its only like, 2 hours long and a quick paced drama. Kids would get bored, but if your into any mild soap on ABC Family You'll get a kick out of this one



The Flick Chick, Signing off

June 11th: Love Story

In 2002 Nicholas Sparks wrote a movie called A Walk to Remember. If you're a teenage girl or have ever dated one, you are more than likely to have seen this movie about a girl who is very innocent and sweet, and the popular guy who falls for her. In the mean time, everyone on the planet seems to be giving them Hell about it. When everything finally works out, The main character dies of Leukemia.

But Thirty years beforehand, a movie, Love Story, came out in 1970 with an extremely similar plot-line. The Difference? Sparks pulled it off just a little bit better.
Love Story stars a girl named Ali MacGraw as Jenny, a low class student of music who loves to question everything, and a dude named Ryan O'neal as Oliver Barret, her to the Harvard fortune and , as expected, student of law. Well, the two meet and their relationship consists of 'verbal volleyball' and casual making- out. (Yeah......relationship....sure). But then they decide they're in love after, what else, sex. After that it's all happy events. Then when the two decide to get married, Oliver's father disowns him (Good times). So the two live whats a really boring life if you're watching it as a movie, but prolly great if you're living it. And then, she dies. Not suddenly, it takes 20 minutes, but she does and not as nicely as in the movies counterpart.

This film is rather boring, and, as my mother calls it 'A serious Puke Fest'. So, lets call this one a make out movie...

Make Out Movie: A movie with a slow enough plot line that you could fall asleep, but perfect enough music that you may as well just make out.
(Not to mention, duded, Girlfriends will appreciate you attempting a romantic movie even though you'll both be bored to tears)






This is the Flick Chick, signing off

June 10th: Thr Rocky Horror Picture Show

Okay, so there is always a movie that when you see the actor or actress playing the part, you'll never imagine them as any other character the right way again. For instance, after Jack Black did Kung-Fu Panda, it was hard for people to take anything he did that was more serious (Yes, he has done some) seriously without thinking of Po, the lovable awkward panda.

For me, I can never imagine Tim Curry the same after seeing him as a singing Transvestite scientist like he is in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The film came out in 1975 after being a successful musical on the stage. The hilarious part of the movies success is the story, which was written by a man who was venting his sexual confusion. The story follows Janet (Susan Sarandon, the evil witch in Enchanted) and her finance Brad as they decide to go visit a friend. These two are serious innocent squares. If they've ever heard of sex it was in a textbook they weren't aloud to read. The movie is a musical, and the first two songs are very traditionally cheesy, but then they get suck at a dead end road with a flat tire. The couple ends up walking to a castle for help. (Typical. "Go to the eerie castle and ignore the 'enter at your own risk' sign you crazy stupid kids"). So they go up to thee door for help and maybe to use a phone (poor seventies people without cells ) but end up getting thrown into this weird castle thats flooded with people who think they are aliens from the planet Transsexual in the Galaxy of Transylvania. (The wasn't a snide remark, they really do think exactly that). So the two squares are forced into different shapes with all the weird things that happen to them in this place to steal their innocence. (Oh yeah, and the music got way better the second they got in that place, starting with The Time Warp that is now a classic).

There are some fun things to know about this film. It was a serious flop until they started showing it at mid-night, then it became a classic. When your in the theater to see it, the audience participated in 4-D affects that you can look up online, because you do need to do a little shopping and cooking beforehand. The Castle is an actual place, and the writing of the story owns it. You can tour the building very cheap. Admission: Doing the Time Warp dance in public.

The movie is ridiculous and nearly completely about sex, but its hilarious the same way Psychomania was in a way. It's deffinatly rated R; no kids. trust me.



The Chick Of Flick, Signing off

June 9th: June Bride

Some great things, As I've said before, are complete surprises. You never know they're their until they suddenly pop up in life. This was one of them, and one that I almost missed.

June Bride came out in 1948 starring Bette Davis. Now, the last movie I reviewed with her in it was All About Eve which I was not so partial to, but this film was a pleasant surprise. The movie actually, though, starts with a man named Robert Montgomery as Carry, A writer who just got laid off from his paper job. His boss, however, recommends a job for him in a women's magazine of which Davis is the editor, Linda. Well, these two had a past relationship in which Carry got to close to her, freaked out, and stood her up to go to Germany.

Well, he takes the job and the team of the magazine heads off from New York to Indiana where they are doing a story about the magazine crew giving Brinker Family a complete make-over for their daughters wedding. Carry hates this already. He wants a story with edge, so while digging up some information he gets himself in the middle of the new A Midsummer Night's Dream: Indiana Addition. All of this is being sorted out, and in the mean time Bette Davis is getting over her resentful attitude and falling back in love with Carry, who plans on marrying her.

YouTube's got nothing for me (becoming more and more common) But I do recommend this one. Its less than 2 hours and rated PG easily. I really really lied it, having the perfect measures of Comedy and quick witted Drama.
The Chick Of Flick, Signing off.

June 8th: The Frisco Kid

Well, my movie recommended a 3 and a half hour movie this morning. I watched a full hour before developing a headache and taking a nap. Didn't work out. Well, I was looking through my DVDs for something that would qualify for my project, rather disappointed that it wouldn't be something spontaneous like originally planned. Well, In comes My Boyfriend, Johnathan, (Who goes by Tyler) to save the day with one of our favorite movies on HBO.

The Frisco Kid became a favorite of mine when my dad sat my bro and I down and had us watch it. The movie came out in 1979 starring Jean Wilder. Now, if you never knew his name, Jean Wilder was Willy Wonka before Johnny Depp did in Tim Burton's remake. Wilder is A Hasidic Jewish Rabbi named Abrum in the 1800s who is sent from Poland to go to San Fransisco to be their rabbi. Well, he gets robbed by some jerks and wanders around in the desert until he finds Tyler's reason for watching this movie, Harrison Ford (I'm dating an Indiana Jones dork ). Ford plays a ruffian Bank-robber cowboy who really needs to grow up a bit, but does know the outdoors unlike Wilder, so the two end up traveling together through all kinds of trouble including my favorite incident, getting captured by Indians.

The movie is two hours long and never once looses my attention. I can't even leave to get a cup of tea in the threat of missing some witty banter of Climactic EASY shoot-out. The movie is well done, but I did notice an error. (A tiny one). Simply, that Wilder is a Hasidic Jew going to teach Orthodox Jews, which can have a lot of conflicts between each other...so it was just a little weird. Anyways, The movie is PG-13 simply for some gunfighting, so I might screen it before showing children just because your own boundaries may vary.
Okay, so the only clip I could find was the end of the opening credits, but it's better than nothing. Of course, it does make this movie look like its in Yiddish. Its English. Trust me.



The Flick Chick, Signing off

June 7th: Ben-Hur

There are always tapes in the back of the self that as a kid look so very old to you, and this was one for me. It has two tapes, and seemed so old. My father brother and I watched it once years ago, and from then on it was one of my favorites.

Ben-Hur came out in 1959 starring Charles Heston, who was a bit of a big deal in the 50's. The movie is referred to as a "new telling of the life of Jesus" but has MUCH more story than that, telling the adventure of another man completely.

A Jew, Judah Ben-Hur is simply living happily as a noble during the Roman empire. After a disagreement with his former best friend, a Roman, over beliefs in what is right, it seems that all he has left is his Mother and sister. But, after an accident, Ben-Hur is blamed for an attack on a Roman 'High-up' and begins his being dragged all over the wold. From then on, Ben-Hur serves as our 'Forrest Gump' of the Roman Empire, with a little bit of The Count of Monty Cristo thrown in against his former friend letting him be sentenced for the accident.

We see this man go through being a slave, a prince, an adopted Roman, meeting Jesus multiple times, and, of course, an amazing chariot racer. This movie, I believe, could never be redone the same, for so much money was spent, and so much work put into it that would all be CGI now (Like 50,000 extras in count for one) and at that time even won 11 awards, which was the ecord until Titanic came around. Thee film is rated G, but its 3 hours and 42 minutes long. Now, that may sound extremely long to you, but the only ONLY slow part in the entire movie is the first 15minute back round information. Not ONCE does it slow down from the time of the accident afterwards, and time really does learn to fly (and at the very least just limp). It's rated G and okay for kids, but I can say they might get a little fidgety, because its just that kind of movie whee an adult's gotta get it. Aside that, nothing stops my recommendation.


The Flick Chick, Signing off.

June 6th: Jamaica Inn

This was another from my Hitchcock package, but is such a great classic of his by all standards I've yet to find.
Jamaica Inn came out in 1939, the same year as The Huntchedback of Notre Dame, and starring two of the same people. Maureen O'hara (Esmeralda & Mary Kate Danaher) comes back as a strong young woman, Mary, who has recently become an orphan, and must leave her home in Ireland to stay with her Aunt at the hotel owned by her uncle, The notorious Jamaica Inn.
It seems that the second that she gets to her new place of residence (Let's not call it a home....) nothing really suits her. The inn is dark and musky and disgusting, as well as those who reside. The only thing that does seem to her liking is the kind Sir Humphrey Pengallan who's abode is just a bit down from the inn. This guy, is our Huntchedback, Mr. Charles Laughton (Without the extreme make-up) and his character is so VERY different that I didn't know he did this part until the credits.
But, when Mary (within only hours of getting there) starts to figure out the haunting secret of the Jamaica Inn, she ends up on a series of thrilling and terrifying experiences trying to save her life (sometimes with help). The story proves that first impressions are often very wrong, and to always keep an open head.

The film is NOT suitable for children mostly on subject matter, but there is a little nicely cut violence. The story is all mind games, though, so one never knows what to expect. It's just an hour and a half long, and very satisfying to watch.

YouTube letting me down again, but this movie can be found on one piece for streaming somewhere on the internet. Hope you like it as much as I did!

The Flick Chick, signing off

June 5th: A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

Sorry for the late posting again guys; internet sucks if you live in the middle of nowhere.

While I was at Sam's club with my awesome Hitchcock collection buying, I also picked up a collection of 11 movies ($5!!!) entitled "Great Cinema" which I was very excited about, one, because it had The last Time I Saw Paris, and mine is all scratched, but also because every movie in the collection fit my project's criteria!

So, I watched A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court. The movie came out in 1932 starring Eddie Albert as a regular man who, after getting a good whack in the head (This is what happens when you are mean to prison guards, Pally
) he finds himself In King Arthur's court (If you had no clue from the title). Anyways, after a quick plan to get the kingdom to believe him all powerful, he stats creating technology for their society to make himself a great man (Because you're really able to make a telephone pop out of a tree in a day in the movies......)The townsfolk give him the name Sir Boss through most of the movie after he claims to be 'the new boss around here'. Meanwhile, A plan to murder Arthur, Sir Boss's new buddy, is underway, and boss must wok to stop it.
Now, this film is extremely short, a little less than an hour because it was made for T.V. but was later shown in formal theaters. (random trivia pours from my brain!!!). Though perfectly fine for kids, its kinda corny, but in a rather charming way. In fact, this movie will probably serve kids minds more than adults, but was cute and an easy family movie either way.

Sadly, Nobody has anything on this original version of the film, but I found it at Sam's Club of all places, so best of luck to you finding it.

The Chick of Flick, Signing off.

June 4th: Number 17

So, I've always been very interested in movies (not always thinking I would make them someday, but always interested), and my parents always supported that. When I got into the mechanics of film, more interested in the directing aspect of it, my parents had to get me to watch some Alfred Hitchcock (which is a funny yet awesome name no matter how mature you claim you are). I was hooked. His most famous film to this day is still Psycho, but as a kid I also become addicted to his book series, The 3 Investigators. (Yes, Dad, I did read some of them by myself, if you decide to read this).

So, when I saw "20 Hitchcock films for $16.88" at Sam's Club I sprang at my second chance for them. So, my first one I watched today.

Nobody of interest really comes up in Number 17, because you're paying much more attention to the mind-game of a story. it came out in 1932 in Brittan but was a big deal in all English speaking places. The story is of a group of people all thrown (with excuses) into an old house for different reasons, but when a rumar of treasure comes out, all Hell breaks loose in an hour.

The film is rather chilling, and you NEVER know what is about to happen with so many lies coming forward and side trading that it's very intriguing. What sets this movie, and this director away from others is the way it (and he) are so ahead of their time. The camera angles won't seem unusual to a modern movie goer today, but in 1932 when sound in film was a new deal itself, let alone all the things Hitchcock did, it's extremely intense.
The film is great, only an hour long, and well worth it, because your mind will stay active and the story will keep you guessing (even if you see it at 5A.M. like me today).


Its convenient that YouTube doesn't have a tailer, but google does have the entire movie in one piece at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1342676033928316362#

The Chick of Flick, Signing off

June 3rd: Support Your Local Sheriff!

Okay, so your not a western person. They bore you, maybe. The mellow drama. They're slow paced until the very end when there's an ending tat only makes sense if you've payed attention the whole time, and you just woke up. Not to mention the reason you fell asleep was because most westerns you've seen have the exact same plot and choppy cuts that's traditional for them, aside Spaghettis. Nobody blames you at all. A lot of people really can't get into westerns. This movie, however, will give you an entirely different perspective on the genre 'western'.

Support Your Local Sheriff came out in 1968 starring James Garner. If you are a girl or have ever had a girlfriend you more than likely have seen Garner play the old man in that boring The Notebook film (Yeah, Westerns are boring but The Notebook is a modern classic, right?....sure). Here, though, Garner is much younger playing a Mr. Jason McCullough, a man just passing through a small territorial town on his way to Australia (which he somehow is getting to by going through the country-land very very slowly).

On his way through town, Jason already demonstrates his Smart-Elec cunning and sense of humor, and that (Aside his amazingly impressive gunman ship) lands him a quick job as a sheriff. The remainder of the film is his week long adventures training the town to his liking and getting the new-coming miners to behave if they want the gold they came so far for, as well as flirting with the mayors Daughter, Prudy (Poor kid. Hope it's short for Prudence), who is a little to ditsy to be a lady, but has a good heart all the same.

Now, what sets this movie apart is that its first genre is not western; it's Comedy. The movie is written first and foremost as a comedy, not a drama like other movies that take place around the same time. So, the adventure is filled with witty dialog and physical comedy that any age would get a kick out of. The movie is G rated, and the photography is such that you won't notice that it's any older than anything coming out today, they only thing that really gives it away is the starchy audio quality.

Here's a scene I found on YouTube that just so happens to be my one of my favorites in the movie.It's a few minutes long right after Jason gets the job after watching a quick murder in the saloon.




Its really a great family movie, only about an hour and a half long, and didn't leave me fidgety at all.

This is the Flick Chick, Signing off.

June 2nd: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

This movie can't quite decide what it's purpose is. But I can kinda can give it one.

In 1969 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie came out starring Maggie Smith, for those of you who don't know her , you must never have seen Harry Potter. She much younger in this role, and very different from the very stable professor she's known as today. Smith plays a teacher at a private girls school in Scotland were she is a young doll of a woman. Though she teaches History, she claims to have dedicated her life to teaching her one philosophy : Safety is not first; Goodness, Truth, and beauty are first. She's "dedicated" to teaching these girls the real important things in life, but is leading a very juvenile life. Jean Brodie is flirtatious and sleeps with a few of the schools male staff, sometimes putting her art and a good time above cleverness.

The story tells of how her teaching influences not just all of her students, but a few in particular, which leads to the end of her teaching career. Brodie's main problem is a manipulative Student, Sandy, who has malicious insight beyond that of any other student, and also a determination to be on top.

The movie is a series of mental games, but left me kindof fidgety in the first hour. It's okay for a quick movie to pass the time, but I found it could have been more involved past its "scandals". Still, Smith pulls of a character I would not have expected from her.

The movie is right away PG-13 and I don't recommend it for anyone under that age at all.


Scotland today. And I rather like the accents. This is the Flick Chick, Signing off

June 1st: These Wilder Years

Some treasure are collected over time, then hidden for the next keeper. Some are well kept secrets that no one wants to uncover in fear of spoiling a legend so long known. But some, Like this short little movie, are just found on accident.

These Wilder Years came out in 1956 starring a guy named James Cagney, who looked familiar to me, but I didn't know him at all. My father, however, knew him almost right away. He plays a very rich man, Steve, looking for his son. As a young kid he got a girl pregnant, then left, saying it could have been any of 16-men's son (are they always total a-holes after you trust them enough to sleep with them? Jerk.....). ANYWAYS, He's looking to make up for that 20 years later by finding his son. This guy looks everywhere. Along the way, he gets himself into a battle for information with an Orphanage keeper, and makes friends with a young pregnant girl who reminds him of the girl he never knew he was in love with all along. Over all, Steve learns that his money will never get him everything he wants, and even grows up a bit. In the end, You'll have to find out if he ever meets his son, and how he gains a whole new family.

The movie is great if you love a good drama, or even if you're just looking fir something to occupy some time, considering its only a little over an hour. Still, I was a tad fidgety, but still a movie that makes you think about a lot of stuff, and has a great court case for those who appreciate one. It's rated G, but more of an intellectual movie, so i don't recommend it for any with a mental age younger than twelve(which you must understand how many of my high-school classmates have the mental age of a nine-year-old), 'cause you'll just get bored.

YouTube has failed me, and has nothing on this movie, but you can prolly find it on TCM sometime, or in one of those old movie collections at Sam's Club (don't be to cool to shop there; I'm not)

Anyways, This is the Flick Chick, Signing off.

May 31st: South Pacific

Well, There were a ton of internet problems yesterday, preventing this post, but I'll make-up for it now :)

Happy Memorial day! In honor of the holiday, I watched one of my mother's favorites.

South Pacific was originally a Broadway Musical, but came out as a movie in 1958 starring Mitzi Gaynor as a young military Nurse during WWII stationed in the south Pacific, and the story of her romance with a French Plantation owner, which happens to be much more complicated than it sounds. The movie is a musical, but aside Gentleman Prefer Blonds which had only a few songs, this film is a near operetta, meaning most of the dialog is in songs. The movie is a little slow, and one you'd have to be in the mood for (don't get me wrong, there is a mood for slower movies).
The film won the award for best sound, which is deffinatly deserved the minute you hear the opening. The music is nothing to be trifled with.

The film can get a little cornball, but is still beautifully done. It was remade later on, but I can't imagine it better done than this, despite the corniness.




this is the flick chick, Signing off