Casanova Brown
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Movie Reviews of Casanova Brown
Movie Review: A True Delight!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had heard of this film but never got the chance to see it until recently on TCM. What a delightful film! I had forgotten that Gary Cooper made another film with the beautiful and talented Teresa Wright. She was not only beautiful, but made you feel like you were 'home' whenever she is on the screen. This is a sentimental film but also very funny- I will be buying the DVD so I can add this adorable film to my collection of classic films. What a pleasure to watch a film that actually has a storyline you can follow without the usual sex scenes in movies today, and best of all no profanity! When Teresa Wright's character has the baby you know Gary Cooper is the father, but we didn't have to see the conception to know how the baby got there....well...what a novel idea! Not showing an intimate moment between a man and a woman and we actually get it! Think about it...do we really need to see all that nonsense in the present day movies to get the point??? I think not! This is what makes these films timeless- Hopefully the movie studios will continue to release these wonderful classic films.Movie Review: Gary Cooper is great~!
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie quite some time ago and decided to buy it for my DVD collection. Gary Cooper is a fine actor, though usually in dramatic films. This one is comedy/drama and he is wonderful in it. Cooper plays a man about to be married when he receives a letter from a maternity hospital. Thinking is is but an advertisement for business, he calls the place but the number is disconnected. He remembers marrying briefly about 9 months ago and only spending the wedding night with his wife before the marriage is annulled. He goes to the maternity hospital and discovers he has a baby and it is about to be given up for adoption. What ensues is so very funny, both in the script and the realities of baby and childcare of the time.
As an aside: the character of Cooper's prospective father in law is absolutely hilarious!
Movie Review: Gary Cooper Can Be Amusing
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great little movie with lots of humor, cute situations and terrific actors. If you are used to seeing Gary Cooper in his usual type of role, check this out for an unexpected treat!Movie Review: EXCELLENT
Summary: 5 Stars
I LOVED THIS DVD. I LOVE THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES AND THE SHOW WAS EXCELLENT.Movie Review: Gary Cooper gets maternal
Summary: 4 Stars
Gary Cooper gets maternal in CASANOVA BROWN, Sam Wood's 1944 comedy about the lengths a divorced father will go in order to remain close to his child. Co-starring Teresa Wright and Anita Louise, this is sadly one of the least-remembered titles from Cooper's long and varied screen career.
Casanova Brown (Gary Cooper), a mild-mannered scholar--and apparent distant relative of the renowned lover--is looking forward to settling down with lovely Madge Ferris (Anita Louise) until he receives the most curious letter from a Chicago maternity hospital. Casa's mind casts back to when he married college girl Isabel Drury (Teresa Wright), a marriage that was quickly annulled after Casa's disastrous first meeting with the in-laws, which resulted in their mansion being burnt to the ground! Evidently, Casa and Isabel's relationship produced a baby girl--and now unmarried Isabel needs to put her up for adoption. Horrified Casa smuggles his daughter out of the hospital, determined to raise her; and all hell breaks loose when, after Casa's secret cover is finally blown, both Madge and Isabel descend on the bewildered new father!
CASANOVA BROWN was quite possibly a very risqué film when it was first released. I can't imagine the movie enjoying a smooth passage through the censors office. Dealing candidly with the subject of unwed mothers, bachelor fathers and possibly even bigamy, CASANOVA BROWN walks a very fine line. The script by Nunnally Johnson (based on the play "Accidental Father" by Floyd Dell) zips along at a good pace and showcases Frank Morgan, playing Madge's gold-digging father, in one of his greatest performances. Sadly Teresa Wright fades into the background playing a very weak young woman who'd rather break up her marriage than leave her parents' bosom (her mother is played by talented Patricia Collinge, who also co-starred with Wright in the Hitchcock classic "Shadow of a Doubt" the previous year).
No extras but a solid transfer.
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