1h 44min | Comedy, Music, Romance | 28 August 1953 | Color
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Stars: Lana Turner, Ricardo Montalban, John Lund, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, Eduard Franz, Beulah Bondi.
Veloz ... choreographer (as Frank Veloz)
6 songs in Soundtrack, only 1 with performer, and he's not in the cast.
When RM sings that song, it does indeed sound like Carlos Ramirez; AFI doesn't mention him.
This is RM's 28th of 63 films (some non-US), and per AFI, his last for MGM. I think I saw him limp once in this film, but he rides a horse (gentle cantor), and dances the mambo with Rita Moreno and LT, so the back injury from '51 isn't slowing him down much.
I watched this in segments, so I'm not sure that I understood the plot completely. The confusion point: when/why did LT decide her money was a problem in her romance with RM? She thought it was with JL, who has $48M of his own, and she was right. Each of them goes to a shrink to figure it out: he to Eduard Franz (shown to be a henpecked husband, and we get a cute twist with this wife), she to Beulah Bondi (very nice to see her as a competent professional instead of maternal or feeble).
LC plays RM's adorable, womanizing grandfather. JH plays LT's secretary/companion.
Yes, LT's wardrobe is all gray, white, black; beautiful gowns.
Hopefully next time I'll pay better attention. The enjoyment here may just be the players, but that's enough for a 6+.
MGM, dir. LeRoy; 6+
