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Whistle Stopper - The Moon Is Blue
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully, Dawn Addams
Directed By: Otto Preminger
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303118116
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 6303118119
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1995-01-31
Running Time: 99
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1953-07-08
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Summary: A Very Underrated Movie
Comment: I saw this movie on TV about 10 years ago while channel surfing and loved it so much I could not get it out of my head. I had to buy a used VHS tape as there is no DVD available in US.
William Holden and David Niven are terrific but the best in the cast is Maggie McNamara and I wish she had done more movie work. The dialogue is witty and the story is charming.
With all the trash being put on DVD it is a shame that this little gem is not. It is also fairly hard to find the tape and it is not cheap but it is worth paying a higher price for.
Again, the biggest asset of this movie is Maggie McNamara and you will not get to see her in anything else of this caliber.
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Summary: Please issue on DVD!
Comment: I first saw The Moon is Blue many, many years ago on late-night TV (before the days of all-night news programs, infomercials, and cable TV), and I fell in love with it. This movie is truly witty, laugh-out-loud funny.
If only for historical reasons, this should be issued on DVD -- after all, there is a whole episode of M*A*S*H based on it!
Mae
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Summary: classic sleeper
Comment: One of my all time favorites. You forget that it was made in 1953. Very frank dialogue for an early 50's movie. Great acting with many laughs and a little suspense. CAN THEY MAKE IT INTO A DVD PLEASE!!
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Summary: Maggie McNamara
Comment: This movie shows a promising actress Maggie McNamara. She got nominated for best actress and remains a mark as the only person in that category whose career didn't go anywhere. "The Moon is Blue" was put down by the Catholic Legion of Decency because it said the word virgin. Frankly screwball comedies of the 40's were just as suggestive so I don't get the deal.
The connection between this movie destroyed Maggie, right at her career's beginning. It's a shame because Maggie is very cute in this. Afterwards she went on to star in the boring, "Three Coins in the Fountain" and the cheesy "Cardinal." Her stint in Hollywood was then done and she worked as a secretary for the rest of her life. While the movie comes across as stagey, it's worth seeing it just for her.
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Summary: A CLASSIC LOVE STORY!!
Comment: This is a good romantic comedy which features on two characters who meet on top of the empire state building and end up falling in love during the coarse of the night. This film is a bit talkative because it was adapted from the stage play, but it's funny, warm, and romantic because of William Holden, David Niven, and Maggie McNamara.
3 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS-[1953]
BEST ACTRESS-MAGGIE McNAMARA
Best Film Editing
Best Song-"The moon is blue"
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More famous as a controversy than a movie, The Moon Is Blue (1953) marked a turning point in the history of frankness in American film. Because producer-director Otto Preminger owned the rights to the hit Broadway play, he stubbornly refused to change the racy dialogue in the script. The offending words included such end-of-western-civilization-as-we-know-it terms as "virgin" and "pregnant." The Production Code withheld its seal, the Catholic Legion of Decency condemned it, and the picture made a bundle. Its subject matter is antiquated now, but the movie remains a cute and well-played example of pre-Neil Simon stage comedy. William Holden and the virgin Maggie McNamara meet atop the Empire State Building, later joining middle-aged roue David Niven for martinis and steaks in Holden's hep bachelor bad. Preminger's gift wasn't necessarily for comedy, but he steers things with his usual calm style, and lets Niven make the most of a tailor-made role. --Robert Horton
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