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Review 1
This charming romantic comedy stars Margaret Sullavan as a young woman
just released from an asylum, whose innocence attracts the amorous advances
of millionaire Frank Morgan. To escape, she tells him she's married,
and, when forced to produce a husband, she uses the first name she comes
across in the phone book. The unwitting victim is a lawyer, Herbert
Marshall. Morgan offers him a contract that will make him rich in the
hope of impressing Sullavan and wooing her away from her "husband." Meanwhile,
Marshall and Sullavan fall in love. When the truth comes out, Morgan
softens, allows them to marry, and continues as their benefactor. Morgan
steals the show as the millionaire, and the rest of the cast performs
with vigor. The film was remade in 1947 as I'LL BE YOURS with Deanna
Durbin. |
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Review 2
Margaret Sullavan stars in this William Wyler comedy as Luisa
Ginglebusher, a young woman who has spent most of her life in a
Budapest orphanage. When a movie theatre owner comes to the orphanage
looking for potential usherettes, Luisa's guardian pushes her toward
the opportunity to leave the orphanage and tells her to be "a
good fairy". She takes the advice literally when she decides
to play the good fairy for Dr. Max Sporum, a poor but honest Budapest
lawyer, by pretending [that he is her] husband. Regardless, it
isn't long before the beautiful Luisa has attracted the attention
of a number of other Budapest bachelors, among them a rich meatpacking
mogul whom Luisa uses to send some lucrative business to Dr. Sporum.
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As Luisa's
ruse causes endless complications and confusion, she only becomes
more determined to see that Dr. Sporum enjoys the wealth he deserves
and to evade the clutches of her more demonstrative suitors.
Displaying the trademark wit of screenwriter Preston Sturges (including an unforgettable
exchange about usherette uniforms) as well as the effortless elegance of director
Wyler, THE GOOD FAIRY is a hilarious and involving romantic comedy and one of
its director's forgotten gems. |
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