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The Mating Season Comedy, Romance, Favorite 1951 | FULLSCREEN | COLOR | Quality: Excellent Thelma Ritter Gene Tierney John Lund $9.99 |
Widely regarded as one of Thelma Ritter's best roles, The Mating Season is an intelligently written 1951 comedy with a great cast who worked under excellent direction from Mitchell Leisen. This is a very sweet, funny film with wonderful ensemble acting and great characters. Gene Tierney has her familiar hairdo (which around this time she didn't always have) and looks gorgeous. She's totally charming as Maggie. John Lund does a good job as her harried husband, who wants to make good and has just a touch - a slight touch - of being a jerk. It's a weakness that we forgive him for later on. Of course, Ritter steals the show as Ellen, doing a role very familiar to her - a mouthy servant. Hopkins is bigger than life as Maggie's totally obnoxious mother, and Larry Keating is a delight as Val's boss' father, who has better values than his son will ever have. Jan Sterling has a small part as Val's secretary and former girlfriend. |
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