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| ACTORS: | Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 22 April, 1949 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Mca Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Comedies & Family Ent., Feature Film-comedy, Movie, Musical Features, Special Interest |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 025192264023 |
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Connecticut Yankee hits homerun Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a movie that comes by only a few times. It combines just about everything a classic movie watcher would want. <
> a. A great story by the master american writer, Mark Twain. <
> b. A great musical score in the classic music era of hollywood. <
> c. A great cast led by Bing Crosby. <
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>This movie is a must for anyone who loves Mark Twain, Bing Crosby, a good musical, and good family fun.
great idea of a movie but lacks class
This movie is very enjoyable even as a musical, but there's only one big problem, and it's a moral one. Bing Crosby goes for a beautiful lady who is betrothed to someone else. Why couldn't this beautiful lady not "taken" in the storyline? This movie reminds me of "Titanic" by James Cameron, where Kate Winslet is to marry someone else but goes for Leonardo DiCaprio. And you wonder why there's no moral consciousness these days.
With all it has going for it...
...you'd think this would be a winner -- Bing Crosby at the height of his film popularity, Billy Wilder as director, and the lush scenery of Canada's Japser National Park. However, despite the truly beautiful restoration by Universal, this is a yawn...and I'm a bit of a Crosby fan. Here, Bing plays a phonograph salesman trying to sell his wares to Austrian royalty. He falls in love with Joan Fontaine, a countess, while his dog falls in love with her dog, who is supposed to mate with the Emperor's dog. The scenery is just beautiful. The script is ho hum. I sat thinking how could this be Billy Wilder??? Well, I guess the concept is rather anti-class system, so perhaps that's what attracted Wilder. Aside from that, it's fluff...albeit pleasant fluff.
On the other hand, "A Connecticutt Yankee In King Arthur's Court" is much nicer. A nice turn on the old story, with a hoot of a supporting performance by William Bendix ("Life Of Riley"). Crosby is in fine voice and this film has a bit of a heart to it. A nice diversion with Crosby in his cinematic heydey.