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All I Desire (You Belong to Me) (1953)

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All I Desire an early exercise in Douglas Sirk Baroque, is set at the turn of the century. Long divorced from her husband Richard Carlson, itinerant actress Barbara Stanwyck returns to her home town to watch her daughter perform in a high school play. Stanwyck decides to turn over a new leaf and devote herself to the daughter she's never known. This she finds next to impossible, thanks to ugly small-town gossip attending her return. The film was obviously building up to an unhappy ending, but

Unrated, 1 hr. 19 min.

Drama

Directed By: Douglas Sirk

On DVD: Sep 12, 1995

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck
Naomi Murdoch
Richard Carlson
Henry Murdoch
Lyle Bettger
Dutch Heinemann
Marcia Henderson
Joyce Murdoch
Maureen O'Sullivan
Sara Harper
Lori Nelson
Lily Murdoch
Richard Long
Russ Underwood
Lotte Stein
Lena Engstrom
Dayton Lummis
Col. Underwood
Fred Nurney
Peterson
Billy Gray
Ted Murdoch
Brett Halsey
Charles Hand
Guy Williams

Critic Reviews for All I Desire (You Belong to Me)

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The dark corners in [Douglas] Sirk's America are first explored in All I Desire...

April 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Seanax.com

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Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

Sustained by wonderful performances, especially by Barbara Stanwyck, the story is engaging and develops in unexpected ways

August 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

All the flaws cannot be attributed to Sirk, who does fine work slicing up small-town America's bourgeois life.

March 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

[It] may be the most ironic statement on the disturbing allure of 50s suburbia that Sirk ever made.

April 23, 2005 Full Review Source: Cinematic Reflections

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Derek Smith

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*** (out of four) Good old fashioned melodrama with a wonderful Barabra Stanwyck at her most likeable. Though the plot offers few surprises and is quite contrived at times, Ms Stanwyck is worth the watching. Stanwyck plays a vetran Vaudville stage performer who returns home to her family after having abandoned them

January 11, 2011

Steve Smith

Barbara Stanwyck didn't make that many period pieces, so it is a bit of an unusual role for her. As always, she is magnificent. Good costumes and sets, a bit on the melodramatic side but still very interesting. Okay supporting cast. Not one of Stanwyck's best, but it remains a fine film.

January 23, 2007