Unsinkable Molly Brown, The
"All Charm, All Bounce, All Spirit And All Fun. It Is Impossible Not To Admire Her." -TIME
"Be sure the story is something you cannot resist," Richard Rodgers once advised Meredith Wilson. After considering 100 projects for a successor to The Music Man, Wilson found one that was irresistible. And unsinkable.
Debbie Reynolds plays the title role, inviting all to Belly Up to the Bar, Boys for the whoop-and-holler film of Wilson's 1960 Broadway hit. Reynolds won a 1964 Best Actress Oscar nomination as the backwoods heroine who survives the Titanic and snobbery of Denver society. Screen-debuting Harve Presnell reprises his stage role of Johnny, who has a heartful-and-a-half of love for Molly. Johnson wasn't alone. Astronauts Gus Grisson and John Young so admired the movie they named their Gemini 3 spacecraft Molly Brown.
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An Absolute Delight - revsdd
What a fun movie! Debbie Reynolds does a wonderful job portraying Molly Brown, a poor, uncultured country girl who "makes good," but then finds herself having to fight (none too successfully) for acceptance among the rich crowd she finds herself suddenly thrown into. Always rising when she's down (unsinkable in other words) there's also a sense of discovery involved for Molly, as she finally comes to understand in a wonderfully dramatic moment in an otherwise hilarious film that even among her wealthy and regal European friends she is accepted because they find her amusing, and not because she's really accepted as one of them. The title of the movie, of course, comes specifically from the real-life Molly Brown's experience in surviving the Titanic disaster, as she returns home after making this discovery.
Yes, the movie is undoubtedly full of tall tales. But it's full of wonderful songs (Harve Presnell as Johnny Brown has a marvellous singing voice), pretty good acting and just a general sense of fun. Well worth the watching.My favorite movie - jamrox
This has to be one of the best movies I have ever seen. There is a good mix of humour mix in with the reality of new money (rich people) trying to mix with old money in high-society, USA.
There is obviously a difference between high-society in Europe and in the USA.
Some don't know but this movie is based on a real person, Molly Brown. Molly even is one of the survivors of the Titanic.
Check out http://mollybrownmuseum.com
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An Absolute Delight - revsdd
What a fun movie! Debbie Reynolds does a wonderful job portraying Molly Brown, a poor, uncultured country girl who "makes good," but then finds herself having to fight (none too successfully) for acceptance among the rich crowd she finds herself suddenly thrown ...My favorite movie - jamrox
This has to be one of the best movies I have ever seen. There is a good mix of humour mix in with the reality of new money (rich people) trying to mix with old money in high-society, USA.
There is obviously a difference between high-society in Europe ...