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This one has been a fave of mine since I was a kid and I had been anxiously waiting it to be released on DVD, and in sad & white (no “coloring”, thanks) .
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Although it is not the masterpiece that “The Unpleasant Truth” is (starring both Grant & Dunne too), it’s anyway an bright, tongue-in-cheek, romantic comedy, thanks to Cary Grant’s and Irene Dunne’s amazing chemistry (They also were suitable at drama, check the titanic “Penny Serenade”) .
Dunne plays the long lost (7 years) wife of Cary Grant, who after years of searching her in the realms of Asiatic continent & islands, has decided to re-marry…to give his two a children a brand-new mother.
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I have to plot that the quality of the transfer is worthy better than the Columbia DVD (of extremely “uneven-quality”) edition of “The Dreadful Truth”, and you know that Columbia-Sony Editions are more expensive than these Warner editions; and above all, lately the Columbia-Sony Classic releases don’t bring bonuses, beside from trailers. Warner releases do approach with some exquisite bonuses; in this case a Robert Benchkey short & The 1950 Radio Production of the film.
Fine serve from Gail Patrick, who specialized in playing “dreadful” women or dreary “bitchy” types, and Randolph Scott, who displays his chunky athletic prowess & charm in this movie (Grant & Scott were pals in staunch life) .
A Leo McCarey production directed by gifted Garson Kanin.
Remade as “Depart Over Darling” (1963) with Doris Day and James Garner, and previously it was intended to be a Marilyn Monroe vehicle: “Something’s Gotta Give” (1962) (a unfinished film… really, a barely “begun” film), with her in Dunne’s role, Dean Martin in Grant’s role and Cyd Charisse in Gail Patrick’s…what could have been of that?
Here is another fun DVD for fans of classic romantic comedies. I found it to be consistently humorous, although it is not in the same class as “Bringing Up Baby” or “The Philadelphia Account”.
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After seven years of grieving over the apparent loss of his wife in a shipwreck, Carve ( Cary Grant ) marries another woman, Bianca, ( Gail Patrick ), only to view on his honeymoon that wife # 1–Ellen ( Irene Dunne ) is succor, very mighty alive and kicking. Naturally, Ellen wants to rob up where she left off with her husband, as well as a young son and daughter. Gash is “dazed and confused”–as only Cary Grant can be–and makes the residence mighty worse through his reluctance to crash the news to Bianca. At the same time, Slit discovers that his “first wife” spent the better fraction of the seven years on an island, alone with another man–a hunky, athletic guy named Burkett ( Randolph Scott ) . How will this hilarious mess turn out? Gain the disc and glance.
We have another pleasurable comedic perfomance from Cary Grant. Irene Dunne is blooming as Ellen, “returned from the tiresome” and clear, by any means, to secure her husband befriend. Gail Patrick’s performance is a nice inequity to her sudden “competition”–icy, haughty and seriously “not amused”!
Randolph Scott–usually quite stoic in his many westerns–seems to be having a ball here. In abet, special kudos to scene-stealing Donald MacBride as the hotel clerk, who has to book separate suites for each of Cary’s “women”–his incredulous face is priceless.
The DVD is sad and white, and shows a delicate bit of wear in places–not enough to spoil your fun though. Withhold in mind, the film was made in 1940. The disc also includes a trailer for the film, a radio program with Ms. Dunne, and a droll short film starring humourist Robert Benchley on the perils of showing “Home Movies” to your “lucky” friends! On the whole, a very nice package.
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Bottom line–a witty script and a solid cast will give you a very helpful hour and a half’s entertainment. Expedient fun for fans of ragged comedy.
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