The Senator Was Indiscreet stands as the only directorial effort of George S. Kaufman, the playwright known, among other things, for his Marx Bros. scripts. And indeed it's not a bad film at all. Funny and gentle. The foremost merit of A Girl in Every Port is that it has Groucho starring. No other Marxes though. It's
not a bad film, but not a memorable one either. Some good lines here and there. Tom, Dick and Harry has Ginger Rogers. She's engaged to all three. It also has general funniness and good dream sequences. She's very adorable. A Streetcar Named Desire has just about everything. Very close to perfection comes also Luchino Visconti's adaptation of a Dostoevsky short story White Nights. A gorgeous, hypnotic, intelligent and involving lovestory. The very only reason I don't give it a 10 is to make A Streetcar...look like the winner of this bunch. Upgrade: I'm pumpin' it up to 10. I feel I'm not giving enough 10s.
August 28, 2006
