Oh, what an embarrassment this is... a contrived story about dogs making baby dogss to showcase a couple of annoying and forgettable songs.
Crosby looks ridiculous dressed up as a boy scout, oops, I mean Austrian, in this nonsense. In factr, if this were made today it would be deemed bigotry.
Fontaine looks like she wants to escape from every scene. She's out of focus and out of shape and shouldn't have ever been in movies.
The glorious and fairytale scenery is corrupted by everything flown over from Hollywood, from the dance squeamish sequences, to the pantomime costumes.
Actors should never have a say in how films are made. Their hubris and egos can't be held in check and this is a good example of just that.
Had Wilder made the film he wanted to, this might have come out a lot differently... and a lot better! As it is, the star power of Crosby and his absolute focus on himself destroys this listless and meaningless garbage.
Crosby was a magical singer and a reasonable actor and entertainer. I would like to have seen Fred Astaire in this and Wilder left, uninterrupted, to do his job.
Crosby looks ridiculous dressed up as a boy scout, oops, I mean Austrian, in this nonsense. In factr, if this were made today it would be deemed bigotry.
Fontaine looks like she wants to escape from every scene. She's out of focus and out of shape and shouldn't have ever been in movies.
The glorious and fairytale scenery is corrupted by everything flown over from Hollywood, from the dance squeamish sequences, to the pantomime costumes.
Actors should never have a say in how films are made. Their hubris and egos can't be held in check and this is a good example of just that.
Had Wilder made the film he wanted to, this might have come out a lot differently... and a lot better! As it is, the star power of Crosby and his absolute focus on himself destroys this listless and meaningless garbage.
Crosby was a magical singer and a reasonable actor and entertainer. I would like to have seen Fred Astaire in this and Wilder left, uninterrupted, to do his job.