The Young in Heart
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Movie Reviews of The Young in Heart
Movie Review: Hollywood -- Where Have You Gone?
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite movies. I recommend it to people every chance I get. I buy it for friends and family at the drop of a hat. I've watched it several dozen times and will continue watching it til the day I die.
How anyone (one such reviewer on this page) could not like it is beyond me. I mean really beyond me. Kind of makes me feel sorry for him/her/it.
Movie Review: Pleasant Family Comedy About a Family of Crooks
Summary: 4 Stars
THE YOUNG IN HEART is an unusual comedy from the 1930's. Produced by the legendary David O. Selznick, it's a warm-hearted picture of a family of con-men who worm their way into the good graces of an lonely elderly woman living on an estate in hopes of becoming her heirs. The movie is charming but I actually didn't find it that funny, yet it is very enjoyable. Character actress Minnie Dupree steals the show in a gentle, non-hammy performance as the lonely senior - incredibly, this is one of only four films she made, the other three being rather minor efforts.
Janet Gaynor and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. are the nominal stars of the picture as the children of Roland Young and Billie Burke, all of them experts in swindling. Gaynor and Fairbanks' scenes are so unusually playful one suspects their being siblings is just another con (it's not). Young and Burke are in fine form as the prententious father and dizzy mother ("Oh, my little girl has a birthday this year, too!"). Fairbanks is quite believable as a non-malicious cad but while I love Janet Gaynor and she's by far my favorite star of the cast, she is not very credibly cast as a professional crook, her natural sweetness and good nature just gets in the way although she does give a fine performance. I was most impressed with Richard Carlson (film debut) playing Janet's beau, the young American star speaks in a most credible Scottish brogue. This was also one of Paulette Goddard's first films - cast as Fairbanks' girl - she is third-billed but doesn't appear in the first 40 minutes of this 91 minute movie. This was Janet's last film as a star - she retired after it's release and returned to the screen only once in 1957 in a secondary role in a Pat Boone musical.
The movie is a bit on the cute side with puppies, penguins, and sweet old ladies but what's wrong with that? The print quality is excellent on this DVD. Also want to note Amazon shows the DVD cover as picturing Fairbanks and Paulette Goddard. Maybe somebody at MGM DVD didn't realize it wasn't Janet - this has apparently been corrected in later copies - my copy shows a picture of Janet in place of Paulette while Douglas remains where he was.
Movie Review: YOUNG IN HEART PRETTY SPIFFY LOOKING ON DVD!
Summary: 4 Stars
In "Young in Heart" Miss Ellen Fortune (Minnie Dupree) is a painfully lonely elderly woman, traveling on a European train. She meets the rather roguish, wholly unusual Carlton family; George-Anne (Janet Gaynor), Richard (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), Leslie (Paulette Goddard), Col. Anthony (Roland Young) and Marmy (Billie Burke); a rambunctious pack of congenial connivers. Recently deposed from their perch on the Riviera, the Carlton's decide that Ellen is just such a wealthy fop, ripe for their picking. Ellen, however, is not as easily cajoled out of her savings. Forced to regroup their efforts, the con-artists are delivered into unfamiliar territory before getting their way; they're going to have to work for it! Richard Wallace's direction allows for just the right amount of is sensitivity and humor to prevail in a film that provides heart-warming results. After an unfavorable preview, "Young at Heart" had its downtrodden ending revamped: the result; two Academy Award nominations and a fun-loving frolic for all time.
MGM's DVD is rather impressive. The B&W picture exhibits a very nicely balanced gray scale with smooth, solid blacks and very clean whites. Age related artifacts are present throughout but do not distract. Some minor edge enhancement crops up but pixelization is kept to a minimum. Overall the picture will surely not disappoint. The audio is mono but more than adequate for a film of this vintage. There are no extras.
Movie Review: Fun little film with a very special car!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very typical 30's lightweight, but fun movie. One interesting thing about the movie is the car featured in the film "The Flying Wombat" is the very famous Phantom Corsair, a one of a kind created by the very young Rust Heinz of the "57 varieties" family. The car can now be found at the Reno auto museum. Heinz was sadly killed in an auto accident (in another car) while promoting the Phantom Corsair. The car can be found on Google as well as in this delightful little movie. The scene in the auto showroom gives the illusion of multiple models of the "wombat" but there is only one.Movie Review: Charming little film
Summary: 4 Stars
1938, Black & White-This is a charming film about a family of con artist whose lives are changed by a little old lady. I love Janet Gaynor, and she puts in a wonderful performance as usual. This is a pretty boy part for the the talented Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The part doesn't really show off his talent, but he is easy on the eyes. Richard Carlson plays a Scottish suitor for Gaynor- not really believable. The somewhat slow beginning is transformed by the appearance of Minnie Dupree as Ellen Fortune.
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