HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE
(20th Century-Fox) NLY the CinemaScope screen, it might be argued, is big enough to accommodate all at once Betty Grable,
Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall. Well, I don’t know. I’m as sensitive as the next man to their shapes (if sensitive is the word), but here Miss Grable (who has never excited me) is dumb, and Miss Monroe is, most convincingly, both dumb and darn’ near blind, which leaves only Miss Bacall. . . They take an expensive apartment and set out to stalk millionaires. The most interesting of their quarry to watch are William Powell and David Wayne (who is in sight for al] too short a time). Undeniably there are some amusing moments, but when allowance has. been made for everything, How to Marry a Millionaire is really no more than an average comedy. CinemaScope makes even less of this story in a modern setting than it made of The Robe, which at least lent itself to spectacular treatment. On the other hand, this film is less overpowering in its larger-than-life effects. Its only really interesting pieces of CinemaScope are a few demonstration shots which contribute nothing to the story-for example, an exciting view of a landing strip seen from an alighting aircraft. I found some shots, where there was detail to absorb at widely separated parts of the screen, a strain to watch-though they’re probably better for the eyes than the fixéd stare that the narrow screen encourages. However, it’s early to judge the new
medium, especially as (I understand) the first batch of CinemaScope films was originally planned for flat screen. |
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 762, 26 February 1954, Page 16
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268HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 762, 26 February 1954, Page 16
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