Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Wordiezett So much average

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

utgard14 So-so musical romance starring Grace Moore as an Australian opera singer who marries American artist Cary Grant to get back into the United States for an important concert. He tries to win her over with predictable results. Not great stuff but pleasant enough I suppose. Notable for being the only movie directed by screenwriter Robert Riskin (he also wrote this). Also worth mentioning for Moore fans that, in addition to a few opera numbers, she sings "Minnie the Moocher" here. Let's just say it's not likely to be the best rendition of that song you've ever heard. Really, this is one for Grace Moore fans more than Cary Grant ones. He does perfectly fine with his role, don't get me wrong. He's charming and likable as usual. But it's just kind of a dull part for Cary. The supporting cast is nice but greats like Aline MacMahon and Thomas Mitchell are wasted in cardboard cut-out roles. See it for Grace or if you're a Cary completist. Or, heck, see it if you're really into opera (I'm not).

vincentlynch-moonoi Darn! Sad to see that as of November 2016 this title is still not out on DVD. It's a shame because I really enjoyed this film.It stars Cary Grant...my personal favorite actor (along with Spencer Tracy), although he gets second billing to Grace Moore.I was not familiar with Grace Moore, and to be honest -- her kind of singing (operatic soprano) is not my thing at all. But I was truly impressed with her singing and her acting. And, it was hoot seeing her sing "Minnie The Moocher" (which at one time was cut from the film, but has since been restored in this fresh, new print as broadcast on TCM).Cary Grant is excellent here, too. It's that kind of "torn" Cary Grant -- sullen at times, magnetic at other times. And if you want to see the best Cary Grant smile on film...wait for the ending.The story is not particularly unusual -- in fact part of the plot reminds me greatly of another film I saw...but can't remember the title for the life of me, now which came first. The operatic singer is in Mexico trying to get into the States to help an old friend with a musical gala...but can't because she is not an American citizen. Meanwhile, Cary Grant can't leave Mexico due to unpaid bills. So why not marry temporarily and solve both problems? Of course, they do actually fall in love, but her success and his failure to understand why that success is important sinks the relationship. Or does it? In addition to Moore and Grant, another major supporting actor is Aline MacMahon, who (as she often did in film) managed to steal a few scenes as Moore's aide de camp. Another wonderful character actor -- Henry Stephenson -- plays the conductor, and while it's always a pleasure seeing him in a film, he doesn't have a lot to do here, although he is important to the story line. Thomas Mitchell is around as (again) a newspaper reporter, although he doesn't have much to do here.It seems to me that Grant and Moore fit together nicely in this film, which helps it rise above a somewhat standard plot line (although the opera angle is a bit different). And, some of the sets for musical numbers were quite impressive.Very nicely done. I'm hoping I can add it to my DVD collection before long.

richard-1787 Robert Riskin, who wrote the script for this movie, also wrote the scripts for Platinum Blonde (1931), It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Lost Horizon (1937), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Meet John Doe (1941), and many other of the great movie classics of the 1930s. If I start by listing those masterpieces, it is to wonder how he could have written something as poor as this script. Because it is the script, and Riskin's sole turn at being a movie director, that sink this movie. The first part is very poor, the middle not as bad, but then the end, with the god-awful music festival done in neo-Grecian art deco, destroys any chance of actually respecting this movie. HOW could anyone have thought that the last number, a piece that talks about a "simple song" but is staged with a cast of hundreds in elaborate 18th century ball gowns and what not, would not look ridiculous? It's a shame that the script and direction are so often so poor, because there are good things in this movie.Moore's singing of Sibonay early in the movie is magical. It's a great number, brought off wonderfully by Moore at her very best. The staging isn't great, but it doesn't sink what is really a great five minutes.There is also a very effective 5 minutes dramatically when Cary Grant and Moore sit before a fire in his cabin. The scene comes off as very natural, and very convincing - one of the few such natural moments in the movie, unfortunately.Several of the other musical numbers, done very simply, are very moving. The song Moore sings to the children about the wooden doll, her song out in nature (which then gets travestied as the finale at the music festival), her singing of a folk-song while lying on her back in the cabin. And while she was no Cab Calloway, she does a nice job with Minnie the Moocher.But Riskin's direction kills a good performance of Shubert's Serenade, done, for no apparent reason, in neo-Grecian art-deco. And Moore's performance of Vissi d'arte from Tosca under the opening credits is never explained and leads nowhere.The dramatic crux of the movie happens only because Moore's character fails to explain to Cary Grant's why she has to sing at the music festival. It makes no sense that she would not have explained this.So, in summary: there are some golden nuggets in this movie, mostly the musical numbers - but not all of them. Most of the rest of it is poor.Very definitely inferior to Moore's other movie from 1937, I'll Take Romance, which suggests that Moore could have made some good movies if she had had better directors and material.

barbecuedbanana I quite enjoyed this as something to watch in the afternoon with a cup of tea and a biscuit. This makes me sound about 110 but I'm only just over 40 LOL Nice story - I've got Skyplus so I could fast forward over the horrible singing. The Opera Star's side kick was definitely the best part of the film, she was smart and the screen lit up whenever she was in a scene.But in the scene where all the kids come down from the Music School upstairs to listen at the feet of the 'Queen' - was that Shirley Temple or not? It looked like her to me, did they have look alikes in those days? Not something to watch if there's anything good on instead.