The Song of the Lark
by Karen Arthur
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Actor: Alison Elliott, Linda Carlson, Maximilian Schell, Robert Floyd, Tony GoldwynDirector: Karen Arthur
Producer: Andrea Lapins
Producer: Anne Hopkins
Producer: Dorothea G. Petrie
Producer: June Petrie
Producer: Marian Rees
Writer: Joseph Maurer
Writer: Willa Cather
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Pbs (Direct)
Movie Reviews of The Song of the Lark
Movie Review: not to be missed
Summary: 5 Stars
4 and 1/2 stars.
This is a moving story of a number of people, especially a young woman who finds that her gift is singing. Each of these main characters experience real heartache and Thea seems to feel for every one of them. The acting is superb for all these characters. The music is well chosen and plentiful. The background music fits in well with the classical selections. The music is light classical and not that different from orchestral movie music.
My one complaint is with the sleezy character. He was played well. Tony Goldwyn is a natural for such characters. And I can believe that a naive country girl would fall for such a slick big town operator. And it is in character and does her credit that when she finds out what he is, she immediately breaks it off. The thorn in my side is that at the end, she says to him that there will never be another, even leaving open the possibility that she might get back together with him if he were ever free to marry. This I found hard to believe and even more hard to take.
I was disappointed that she didn't eventually link up with the Doctor, who was by far the best partner for her. But this would have been less realistic than the movie as a whole.
I have to take issue with one reviewer about the mimed singing. Even filmed operas do not have the singers singing. They dub it in afterward. The few live performances filmed show the distortions that their faces have to go through to produce all that volume, and it interferes with the drama.
Those who like this movie will like "Interrupted Melody (1955)". This is a true story of an Australian country girl who becomes a world famous opera singer, marries a doctor, and...well, see the movie. You'll be glad you did.
Bottom line: If you like a good drama about real people, see this movie.
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