No one today is likely to mistake this smarmy little sex farce for a good film, but it is significant historically as one of the nails in the coffin of Hollywood's self-imposed Production Code.
The Moon is Blue (1953)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:2
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: An aging playboy meets his match when he falls for an attractive young woman who steadfastly refuses to relinquish her virginity. Of course, her withholding act makes the middle-aged lothario go... An aging playboy meets his match when he falls for an attractive young woman who steadfastly refuses to relinquish her virginity. Of course, her withholding act makes the middle-aged lothario go mad with desire, and he increases his seduction efforts ten-fold. Will she give in? [More]
Starring: William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully
Starring: William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully, Dawn Addams, Fortunio Bonanova, Gregory Ratoff, Hardy Kruger, Johanna Matz
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Producer: Otto Preminger
Composer: Herschel Burke Gilbert
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Reviews for The Moon is Blue
Aside from its candor, however, and its audacity with the words, The Moon Is Blue is not outstanding, either as a romance or as film.
Despite the fuss at the time, there's little blue about this except the title.
The nothing about which there was so much ado is a tame little moral comedy about a determined virgin, who refuses to be seduced by a playboy architect.
For all the movie's staginess and datedness, it's a more personal and ambiguous work than it initially appears to be.
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