Thursday, January 15, 2015

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)


Academy Awards, USA 1965

Nominated
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Debbie Reynolds
Best Cinematography, Color
Daniel L. Fapp
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
George W. Davis
E. Preston Ames
Henry Grace
Hugh Hunt
Best Costume Design, Color
Morton Haack
Best Sound
Franklin Milton (M-G-M SSD)
Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment
Robert Armbruster
Leo Arnaud
Jack Elliott
Jack Hayes
Calvin Jackson
Leo Shuken

MGM
Directed by Charles Walters
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Tomboy and mountain girl Debbie Reynolds vows at an early age to become wealthy and live in the elite part of Denver. Luckily she meets miner Harve Presnell who throws an axe and strikes millions in gold. They get married and move to Denver, where they are promptly ignored by the dazed socialites. They spend a year in Europe getting cultured, then return with their new royal friends to impress their Denver neighbors. It works, but almost costs them their marriage. Absolutely ridiculous Hollywood hokum with Reynolds never more unbearable as the feisty title character.

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