Li'l Abner
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Movie Reviews of Li'l Abner
Movie Review: A MAD-CAPP DELIGHT
Summary: 4 Stars
FIRST THE BAD NEWS-TYPICAL OF HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS WHENEVER THEY GET THEIR HANDS ON A HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL THEY MANAGE TO SQUEEZE SOME OF THE PIZZAZZ OUT OF IT."IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS","JUBILATION T CORNPONE", "THE COUNTRY'S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS" WERE REGRETABLY SHORTENED FOR FILM AND ONE OF THE SHOWS' BALLADS, "LOVE IN A HOME" A PRETTY BALLAD CONDIDERING THE SHOW IT'S IN WAS DELETED AND REPLACED BY THE TERRIBLE "OTHERWISE". OH HAPPY DAY PROBABLY WORKED BETTER ON STAGE SO THE LOSS IS NOT PAINFUL.
NOW THE GOOD NEWS. THE MOVIE IS A HOOT! THE SCENERY LOOKS LIKE A KALIDESCOPE OF COLOR RIOTOUSLY SPLASHED ACROSS THE SCREEN-THE CARTOON STRIP CHARACTERS ARE VIVIDLY BROUGHT TO LIFE BY A TALENTED CAST INCLUDING PETER PALMER AS ABNER, LESLIE PARRISH AS A DELICIOUS DAISY MAE, STUBBY KAYE IS MARRYIN'SAM AND THE AMAZING JULIE NEWMAR AS STUPEFYIN' JONES. THE STORY IS SILLY AND WACKY BUT THE HILARIOUS PORTRAYALS AND THE ROOF RAISING CHOREOGRAPHY KEEP THE MOVIE ZIPPING ALONG TO ITS HAPPY ENDING. A DEFINITE ADDITION TO ANYONE'S DVD LIBRARY.
Movie Review: More Julie Newmar!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have a vague recollection as a child in the seventies of the comic strip "Li'l Abner" is based on. The hilbilly vernacular that writer Al Capp used was a slight chore getting through and the political satire was a little over my head. This 1959 film is quite enjoyable, however. Director Melvin Frank and co-scripter Norman Panama have retained the pointed satire of Capp's strip. Peter Palmer has a hunky affability as Abner. Leslie Parrish does a sweet turn as Daisy Mae. Good supporting turns by the cast in particular Stubby Kaye as Marryin' Sam and Billy Hayes as Mammy Yokum. The choreography is quite imaginative which is most prevalent in the Sadie Hawkins Day sequence. If I can find a fault with the film it would be in the score. Though energetically performed by a game cast the songs were not particularly memorable to me. Though alot of the film's humor is derived from the Cold War politics of it's day the film does not seem dated. I wholeheartedly suggest that you'll have a good time with "Li'l Abner". I has spoken!!!!Movie Review: A fun inprobability
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a fun musical based on the improbability that the government will bomb a community based on the fact there was no usefulness about them. The cast of characters then try to prove there is something useful. At first it is thought that Mammie's tonic will provide the proof. That fails, but they are saved at the last moment. The show includes the Sadie Hawkins race where women try to catch a husband and an evil businessman and his shady female associate try to control the race and the availability of Mammie's tonic. The highlight of the entire show, however, is Stubby Kaye who plays the part of Marrying Sam. His portrayal and his singing are superb. I recommend this DVD for anyone who enjoys fun improbabilities and especially those who remember the Lil Abner cartoon strip that was printed for so many years in the nation's newspapers.Movie Review: Li' Abner
Summary: 4 Stars
Al Capp's characters went to Broadway, then to Hollywood. Capp lost a leg in a trolley accident as a boy. His bitterness wraps itself in satire. The music is forgettable. My interest is Julie Newmar as Stupefyin' Jones. She is a secret weapon invented by Available Jones, a metaphor for the atomic bomb. Jones unleashes her in the Sadie Hawkins Day race to stupefy men so the women of Dogpatch catch husbands. Newmar is devastating in seamed nylons. She was the sexiest woman in the history of women---5'11", 145 pounds. She was never an actress, being cast in nonhuman roles. Ultimately, she proved more than a body, raising her son, who was born with Down Syndrome. Li'l Abner is dated but still turns up on the stage. I saw it at the Derby Dinner Playhouse in Clarksville, Indiana.
Movie Review: Li'l ABNER
Summary: 4 Stars
This film is a nestolgic musical that brings me back to my youth, the film offers a bit of fun to everyday life. The story line is a bit corney, where a town - Dogpatch USA, is scheduled to be a test site for atomic weapons unless there can be found a usefullness for the town. The introduction of a tonic, that makes men handsome and strong, while at the same time decreasing their virility, was thought to be cause to save the town - Dogpatch USA. I do not want to reaveal the end but this musical while predictive and the songs may not meet up to todays standards is fun, jubalient and enjoyable and yes fit for children.