1h 54min | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 3 April 1957 | Color, WS
Director: Richard Thorpe
Stars: Dean Martin, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Eva Bartok.
Watched online: part 1, part 2.
Only 2 songs in the Soundtracks, but AFI lists 7:
"Money Is a Problem," "Ten Thousand Bedrooms," "Only Trust Your Heart" and "You I Love," music by Nicholas Brodszky, words by Sammy Cahn
"No One but You," music by Nicholas Brodszky, words by Jack Lawrence
"Rock Around the Clock," music and words by Max C. Freedman and Jimmy De Knight
"Guaglione," music by Giuseppe Fanciulli, words by Nisa.
I'll not add them to IMDb today.
I suspected that when DM split with JL, he wouldn't do the physical humor. This first outing follows that theory.
The comedy here depends on DM changing his mind about which sister he loves, and having other men fall for the remaining sisters. It's as though some very strong pheromones kicked in, and these girls are suddenly ripe for marriage. But this is not madcap, it's very sedate. So it's not funny, and not otherwise enjoyable. The songs are barely noticeable.
The scenery is nice. At one point, one of the suitors makes a wish by throwing a coin in a fountain, and the music Three Coins in a Fountain plays, but that was a Fox film from '54.
MGM, dir. Thorpe; 6-
