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7.0/10 • 693

1957-02-131h 43m

MusicComedyRomance

'S Wonderful! 'S Marvelous!

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

Directors
Stanley Donen
Writters
Leonard Gershe
Editors
Frank Bracht

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  1. Audrey Hepburn

    Audrey Hepburn

    Jo Stockton

  2. Fred Astaire

    Fred Astaire

    Dick Avery

  3. Kay Thompson

    Kay Thompson

    Maggie Prescott

  4. Michel Auclair

    Michel Auclair

    Prof. Emile Flostre

  5. Robert Flemyng

    Robert Flemyng

    Paul Duval

  6. Dovima

    Dovima

    Marion

  7. Suzy Parker

    Suzy Parker

    Specialty Dancer (Think Pink Number)

  8. Sunny Hartnett

    Sunny Hartnett

    Specialty Dancer (Think Pink Number)

  9. Jean Del Val

    Jean Del Val

    Hairdresser

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CinemaSerf

Jun 27, 2022

7/10

Despite the presence of Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, I think this film actually belongs to Kay Thompson. She plays really well as the 1950s version of Dame Anna Wintour in this amiable, if a little thinly spread, musical comedy. Infuriated by the rather drab quality of her latest "Quality" magazine, she determines to revamp the whole thing. In pink! A bookshop being used for a photo shoot by "Avery" (Astaire) provides the unlikely source for her new model - "Jo" (Hepburn) who is to the fashion industry what Herod was to babies. "Avery" is clever, though, and he offers a trade off that sees her do a shoot in Paris in return for a meeting with "Prof. Flostre" (Michel Auclair). What now ensues is all fairly predictable, a love triangle with "Jo" in the middle vacillating. George & Ira Gerschwin provided the musical numbers, and though they are very well staged, the film lacks a killer song. That said, Thompson is on super form as the no-nonsense boss, the dance numbers are colourful and energetic and finally, Hepburn has a lovely vivacity and enthusiasm to her performance - she takes to the musical numbers very much like a duck to water. Astaire isn't at his best, and Robert Flemyng's accent isn't the best either - but at the end, the whole thing falls into place with an enjoyable certainty.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
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