Harry and I were looking for something to watch - and this came up - and since I love all things Cary Grant, I proposed we watch it. Harry is a good sport about indulging my love of Cary Grant!! I have seen this film many times - and always love it!! I can never get enough of the look on Cary Grant's face when he goes into the bedroom and sees the painting and realizes Deborah Kerr is crippled - and he has judged her unfairly - and he closes his eyes and you can feel the anguish!! He should have been given an Academy award for that scene alone!! (We are talking 1957 here.)
Later Harry was browsing around and found the original film that this film was a remake of - Love Affair with Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne. The only thing missing from this 1939 version was the Vic Damone theme song. The 1957 version was word for word the same as the 1939 version. I'm wondering how often that gets done!!
If it hadn't been so late, I would have watched Sleepless in Seattle too!
Taylor won tickets to the Pasadena Laemle Theater, but said they really could never use them since it's a ways from their house - so she gave them to us!! What a treat - FHE tonight was movie night - I'd been wanting to see this. Thinking now maybe I should re-read the book too - and maybe re-watch the 60's version with Julie Christie!!
The film is well-done, beautiful cinematography, acting is great, the Boltwood chap does a superb job at being "madly" infatuated with Bathsheba!!
And Gabriel Oak really reminded me of Ry Nebeker with hair - but those are little details - the overall film is a visual and auditory feast!!
Check it out!!
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