Marjorie Morningstar Movie Streaming
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Marjorie Morningstar Movie Streaming.
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Natalie Wood is stunning as the young woman who seeks to become a Broadway star and to marry the love of her life. Gene Kelly also gives a heartwarming performance as the older man who captures her heart with his flamboyant lifestyle and immense talent.
Unlike the book which was set in the 30’s, the film is reset to the post-war 50’s and avoids the political implications of Hilter’s rise to power on the Jewish Marjorie. The movie does, however, maintain all the futility of her search for stardom and her tumultuous love affair with Noel Airman. My only criticism of the movie might have been that the ending was completely changed. However, after feeling so sad at the realistic ending of the novel, I finished watching the video smiling at its happier conclusion.
Gene Kelly is unquestionably an actor, but his one dance number and his beautiful singing of “A Very Precious Love” lit up the screen. Martin Milner shines as the friend besotted with love for Marjorie, Carolyn Jones is wonderful as her outspoken friend, and Ed Wynn is charming as the uncle, particularly in a campy scene dressed as a bullfighter. Watch also for 60’s heartthrob Edd “Kookie” Byrnes as one of Marjorie’s first boyfriends.
If you’ve never read the novel, you will still be enchanted with this classic love story. If you have read the novel, you will be mesmerized as Wouk’s characters come to life.
“I was just a little in love with Natalie, since the first time we met. I never stopped loving her. I never will.” So said Orson Welles, working with child star Natalie Wood on a Hollywood set in 1945. Daughter of Russian immigrants, the girl with dark eyes and the quaint curtsy melted Welles’ heart. In 1957, having co-starred in “Rebel Without a Cause”, Natalie Wood lobbied hard for the up-coming lead in Warner Bros’ “Marjorie Morningstar”. The studio had planned it for her all along. Herman Wouk’s 565-page smash hit novel depicts 18-year-old Marjorie; a young girl seeking love and happiness, and relief from a string of amorous beaus. Her worldly friend Marsha(a stand-out performance by unheralded Carolyn Jones) urges her to join a New York upstate summer camp. She does, and once there, her eyes behold Noel Aikman, and well….1958’s colorful, fast-moving “Marjorie Morningstar” is a delightful throw-back to the lilting romantic dramas of Hollywood past. Old-time director Irving Rapper argued with young Natalie on the set, but their clash produced a clear, charming, charasmatic portrait of effervescent youth and lustrous beauty. “Marjorie Morningstar” attempts unsuccessfully to condense the epic tome into a 2-hour movie. Early on, the film drags through Jewish family traditions and the slow-moving antics of Uncle Sampson(a lovable portayal by Hollywood icon Ed Wynn). The pace quickens as Morjorie is whisked into a failed relationship with an older, successful doctor. Many key scenes, however, sparkle with the innocent charm that created Natalie Wood. The movie bristles with veteran talents like Ed “Kookie” Byrnes, Gene Kelly, Martin Balsam, and Jesse White. It contains an exceptional music score by Max Steiner, who composed 1933’s “King Kong”. Natalie Wood’s biographer paints an early life of unhappiness and insecurity for the widely talented former “Natasha”. Her sorrows here are genuine. “Marjorie Morningstar”s shooting coincided with Wood’s engagement and first marriage to Robert Wagner. She’s excellent in her romantic scenes. They would marry twice. She had been dating Hollywood’s best, including James Dean, Frank Sinatra, Warren Beatty, and Elvis. Sadly, this new Artesan Images DVD shows lots of flaws in the master. The DVD is unrestored. Colors are brilliant, but a nasty jump-cut occurs about 13 minutes ino the film. Several splice cuts emerge in the last reels, and the Warners’ logo is sloppily hacked off the leader tail and the film finish. Robbed of life in a mysterious, still un-solved boating accident in 1981, the world lost Natalie Wood much too soon. She was 43. But thanks to the magic of cinema and the power of DVD, her powerful performance here can be seen today and tomorrow. And tomorrow and tomorrow.
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