On the Riviera
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Movie Reviews of On the Riviera
Movie Review: On The Rivera
Summary: 4 Stars
I found the colour good and also the story and acting. I enjoy Danny Kaye
he is one of the funniest readheads in show biz his potential was never
fully tapped the actors films merit a four star. I received the
DVD in good condition and in the specified time.
Movie Review: On the Riviera
Summary: 4 Stars
If you are a Danny Kaye fan you will like this one. Not his usual crazy antics but fast paced. I hope his movies will continue to be released. I'm looking forward to "Merry Andrew."Movie Review: a little kaye goes a lonnnnnnng way!
Summary: 3 Stars
danny kaye, like so many comics from another era, is an acquired taste. his quirky faces, his voice that could accelerate from a soft high tenor to a keening wail in a matter of seconds and word driven patter songs were probably perfect on a 1940s broadway or nightclub stage. because, well, you can't clone someone live and in person--at least not outside the cirque du soleil.
but this film gives you two kayes in the third official remake of the fox musical 'folies bergere', which had to have been inspired by the lunt-fontanne classic 'the guardsman'. kaye, in the dual roles of a philandering head of state and the philandering nightclub entertainer that impersonates him, is overcompensating for his non present female leads. there is gene tierney as the trophy wife of the figurehead who has nothing more to do than look smashing in her array of lemaire gowns. the lush 1950s technicolor cinematography serves her raven haired beauty well. this role does not. then there is corinne calvet who was fairly new to films as the fiancee of the entertainer. she's pretty and overwhelmed by the fact that carmen miranda played her role in the 1941 version.
'on the riviera' is saved by jack cole's undersung choreography of the musical numbers, which feature his magically rapturous versions of east indian dance, nice tight groupings of toned, well-trained cole-style dancers and gwen verdon, minutes before she would take broadway on in michael kidd's choreography for 'can-can'. even though verdon's unique voice is dubbed, her body is not. she is a curvy, voluptuous delight as she leads the ensemble in the opening of the first number. her dancing is clean and precise and oh so feminine. she is a knock-out! if only she had gotten the calvet role...
Movie Review: Danny Kaye
Summary: 3 Stars
I love Danny Kaye. Great for your collection though you may not view it more than once.