Silk Stockings
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Cyd Charisse, Fred Astaire, George Tobias, Janis Paige, Peter Lorre Director: Rouben Mamoulian, Roy Mack Brand: ASTAIRE,FRED Writer: Abe Burrows Writer: Cyrus Wood Writer: E. Ray Goetz Writer: George S. Kaufman Writer: Herbert Fields Writer: Leonard Gershe DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 117 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-04-22 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Model: 65629 Studio: Warner Home Video |
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Movie Reviews of Silk Stockings
Movie Review: For song & dance fans only
Summary: 1 Stars
For those like me who are exploring the world of old movies for the first time, there is an excellent list at the NY Times website called "The 1000 best films ever made." This is one of those films, and I'm enjoying following their recommendations as opposed to just clicking on TCM or AMC and seeing whatever's on.
But that doesn't mean I always agree with those recommendations. I'm not particularly a fan of this genre, so it takes something really special to appeal to me. If this describes you too, skip "Silk Stockings" and go directly to Fred & Ginger's earlier films "Top Hat" and "Swing Time." Although this film with Fred & Cyd Charisse has its moments (Janis Paige gets some laughs, Charisse has a terrific solo dance number where her dour Communist character finally gets into those silk stockings, and this is the only place you'll ever see Peter Lorre sing and dance), ultimately it just drags. One could never say that about the above-mentioned Fred & Ginger classics.
Even the score by the legendary Cole Porter has zero memorable tunes...again, unless this type of film is your cup of tea, in which case it'll appeal to you. As for me, by the final half-hour I was continually amazed the film wasn't over yet, as another scene and then yet another scene started up while I was hoping for "The End." And it's actually surprising to me to find that this film is considered a comedy; other than Paige, I got zero laughs out of it. And Astaire, now middle-aged in 1957, is a shadow of his former self. Ultimately I just shut it off before the ending because I was falling asleep, so even though the film has its moments I give it only one star. A sleeping pill deserves no more.