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Fair and upbeat Kaye musical. It's not an Andersen biography, rather the life of Andersen reimagined as one of his own stories. That means that the plot acts more like a faire tale rather than an actual drama, which works better for the musical format anyway. Not really my kind of thing, but as oldskool musicals go this wasn't the worst one I've seen.
Gilda, a film built around Rita Hayworth. It's a pretty basic film-noir that doesn't really try too hard to set itself apart from its peer, instead director Vidor relies on the charm of Hayworth to carry the film. And I guess it worked, at least for people who are smitten by Hayworth's performance. Though Hayworth tries, I didn't care much for her somewhat trampy character. She wasn't really the vamp she needed to be, and with the rest of the film not trying too hard either, the 110-minute runtime is pretty excessive. The typical noir clichés keep it somewhat interesting, but this was hardly worth its reputation.Read all
