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Do Men Make Passes at Marilyn Monroe in Glasses?

Advantages: Good fun family film
Disadvantages: Nothing too deep

How To Marry a Millionaire was a 1953 film, which starred three of the most glamorous Hollywood film stars of the time - Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall. This was a winning combination at the time and still is, as this film retains its appeal. Marilyn Monroe was the youngest of the three, being 27 years old. Lauren Bacall was 29 and Betty Grable was the oldest at 37, but all three were working regularly and pulling in audiences. Grable's ...
...we follow them and see how they get on. Will they marry and if so, will it be for love, money or both? The actors in the film seem almost invisible compared to the beauty and dynamic of Bacall, Grable and Monroe. David Wayne plays Freddie Denmark (This was his fourth film with Monroe!), Rory Calhoun is Eben (This was the second of three films he would do with Marilyn), Cameron Mitchell plays Tom Brookman and William Powell is J. D. Hanley in his ...

KarenUK 17.10.2008 · Read full review
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Wisdom is very clever

Advantages: Ageless comedy
Disadvantages: None

Norman Wisdom Trouble in Store and Up in the World. ************************************************************ Tro uble in Store (1953) ************************** Not one of his best movies but still a good laugh. Norman is working behind the scenes in the stock room of a large dept store. He has ambitions to be a window dresser. However whilst trying to 'move up in the world', he falls in love with one of the shop girls. One evening they ...
...to foil the robbers. Norman gives us a song along the way and I really do wish he wouldn't sing. There are some jokes pushed at the class system in 'those days' but they don't ring true today. This movie is not as funny as some of his others. But it is still highly watchable and has all his trade mark twitches and shouting. Runtime: 85 min Up in the world (1955) ************************** One of his funniest films. He is a window cleaner who ...

Maximus-Qualitus 02.09.2008 · Read full review
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A must-have for all Audrey Hepburn fans

Advantages: Excellent collection of five of her films
Disadvantages: If you don't like Audrey Hepburn, you won't like this

...Sabrina (1954) - A young Audrey plays the delightful daughter of a chauffeur who attracts the attention of his employer's sons. Her and co-star William Holden were very much in love when it was made. Much better than the remake and based on Samuel Taylor's play. Funny Face (1956) - A musical where Audrey shines alongside Fred Astaire as he turns her into a Paris fashion model. Directed by Stanley 'Singin' in the Rain' Dolan it is a charming and ...
...what is a forgotten gem. This collection is a well-priced and good introduction to Audrey Hepburn's comedy roles and it's interesting to watch her acting style develop over the eleven years that it covers. If you're not already a fan then watching these five films might just convert you. ...

Ljmcr 24.08.2005 · Read full review
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Sir Norman Wisdom - Trouble in Store

Advantages: Norman Wisdom
Disadvantages: Mediocre

...Date with a Dream 02: Trouble in Store 03: One Good Turn 04: As Long as They're Happy 05: Man of the Moment 06: Up in the World 07: Just My Luck 08: The Square Peg 09: Follow A Star 10: There Was a Crooked Man 11: The Bulldog Breed 12: On The Beat 13: The Girl on the Boat 14: A Stitch in Time 15: The Early Bird 16: The Sandwich Man 17: Press for Time 18: The Night They Raided Minsky's 19: What's Good for the Goose Norman was Knighted ...
...Good luck Norm. TROUBLE IN STORE. = Norman is working behind the scenes in the stock room of a large dept store. He has ambitions to be a window dresser. However whilst trying to 'move up in the world', he falls in love with one of the shop girls. One evening they uncover a plot to rob the store and, ridiculously, manage to foil the robbers. ~Opinions~ *********** Norman gives us a song along the way and I really do wish he wouldn't ...

Maximus-Qualitus 05.01.2009 · Read full review
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Hilariously Funny

Advantages: All of these films will have you laughing silly.
Disadvantages: N/A

Norman Wisdom is is one of the great oldies in Uk comedy. I loved these films as kid and now as an adult I am loving them again. All twelve films are timeless classics which have had me in fits of laughter. Genuine clean comedy is hard to come by these days but these films hit the mark superbly; The Bulldog Breed, One God Turn, The Early Bird, Press For Time, On the Beat, Man of the Moment, A Stitch in time, Just My Luck, The Square Peg, Follow a ...
...the most famous film of the lot is Early Bird and a couple of years ago I would have been prepared to pay the same price for this one film as it is for the whole of this box set. So for this price you can't go wrong. "MR. GRIMSDALE!" ...

clynt 02.04.2009 · Read full review
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