Good News
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Actor: Joan McCracken, June Allyson, Patricia Marshall, Peter Lawford, Ray McDonaldBrand: ALLYSON,JANE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-09-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Good News
Movie Review: Extra! Extra! Read all about it!! Good News! Good News!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
You know what, all the movie I love, when I look at the directors name, it is almost always Charles Walters! Charles Walters has done such wonderful, memorable movie such as: Easter Parade, Summer Stock... But maybe Good News is one of the best! Good News is about a girl named Connie (June Alison), who never was really noticed by the other guys at her college: Tait.
Particularly, the boy that all the girls like: Tommy Harlow (Peter Lawford). Wait a minute, all girls except one. The horrible, snobby, mean, selfish, scheming, not really that pretty, self centered, terrible: Pat McClellan (Parricia Marshall). Tommy is a lady's man who really just thinks he's got it all. And falls for every pretty face. So when Pat comes to the college Tommy does everything in his power to get the girl to fall in love with him. But Pat has other ideas. Pat is only after one thing: $Money$ And that is why she chases Tommy away for the 25 million dollar Peter VanDyne the III. Crestfallen at his first brush off, Tommy determindedly sets to learning Pat's beloved language french. To make an impression, and to steal Pat's admiration. So, Tommy sets off the library to learn some french, when he meets the sweet, lovely Connie.
Where he makes Connie fall desperately in love with him, and even a little in love with her. So, he ends up asking her to the prom, and breaking the date when Babe Dolittle Connie room mate (Joan McCkraken) feeling sorry for Tommy tells Pat that Tommy is the Pickle King with thirty million dollars. The fortune hunger quickly turns to Tommy to his delight and satisfaction. Dropping Connie completely. Angry, jealous, and hurt, but still very much in love, Connie schemes to draw her Tommy back in her life and into her arms.
Wonderful songs like: The best things in life are free, The Ladies man,The french song, and more, make this a wonderful movie!! And though June and Peter are not the best vocalists, you love it because it is still them!! This is really a great movie!!!
Summary of Good News
Musical comedy about two college girls in love with the same guy, but for different reasons.Genre: Musicals
Rating: NR
Release Date: 19-SEP-2000
Media Type: DVD
Tait College football captain Tommy Marlowe (Peter Lawford) is used to getting any girl he wants. When new coed Pat McClellan (Patricia Marshall) arrives on campus sporting racy fashions and pseudo-French phrases, he decides he wants her. But Pat only has eyes for men with millions, so Tommy enlists sweet Connie Lane (June Allyson), Pat's sorority sister who is working her way through Tait as an assistant librarian, to help him learn French. Tommy falls for down-to-Earth Connie, who falls for him right back, but his ego gets in the way when Pat does a turnabout and decides she does want him after all.
Based on the Broadway play and 1930s musical, Good News is an enthusiastic, good-hearted romp through late-'20s college life. Broadway actress Joan McCracken as Connie's roommate Babe Doolittle exudes energy as she leads nearly all the musical numbers, particularly shining in "Good News" and "Pass the Peace Pipe." A young Mel Tormé sings a lovely reprise of "The Best Things in Life Are Free," and one of the signature songs, "The Varsity Drag," is led by Allyson and Lawford showcasing their dancing and singing talents (Lawford is a better hoofer than vocalist). Though the movie seems mainly constructed around the musical numbers, the writing is sharp and the cast members seems to be enjoying themselves. Director Charles Walters went on to direct Easter Parade and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, and screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green would make their mark with, among others, On the Town and Singin' in the Rain. --Dana Van Nest
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