Wolff, and starring ida lupino, robert alda and bruce bennett. I love melvin is a 1953 american technicolor mgm musical and dancing comedy film directed by don weis starring donald oconnor and debbie reynolds. At only 77 minutes in length, i love melvin is a compact little musical that is both delightful and completely bizarre. I love melvin on dvd 883316349601 from warner bros. I love melvin 1953 insignificant assistant photographer melvin hoover donald oconnor is instantly love struck after meeting struggling actress and chorus line dancer judy leroy debbie reynolds. The word peppy might very well have been created just for i love melvin. Melvin hoover is a bumbler except when hes dancing on skates, a workaday gofer for look magazine except when he fakes being a bigtime photog and in love without exception with broadway. Melvin, a photographer for look magazine, meets judy and he wants to marry her. This website is forum and resource for individuals who appreciate the beauty and sensuality of bouffant styles, including petticoats and crinolines. I love melvin 1953 with donald oconnor, debbie reynolds run time. Melvin is one of the greatest loves i have ever known.
Singin in the rain costars donald oconnor and debbie reynolds were reteamed in the ebullient little musical i love melvin. Still mourning the death of his wife, bruno is hopelessly attached to the seasid more. Melvin hoover, a budding photographer for look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named judy leroy in the park. In the mgm musical comedy i love melvin 1953, judy leroy debbie reynolds yearns to be a star. This scene, from the old, original 1961 film version of west side story, is totally realisticlooking, not only because of the olderlooking car, but because, unlike in spielbergs upcoming version of the film west side story, this onlocation scene and other onlocation scenes and stage scenes, as well, it looks more realistically like a rough and rundown. And its not because i dont love doug like i love melvin, its that my love of writing this blog, was always tied to, my love for melvin. His graduate work focused on 19th century ghost stories and supernatural tales. Melvin louis wiki, age, bio, height, family, girlfriend. Melvin hoover promises his true love judy leroy that he will use his job at look magazine to. Pair up donald oconnor and debbie reynolds and the movie cant help but be bright and breezy, and these two are the primary reasons to check out i love melvin. Melvin got attention after appearing in dance india dance in 2009. Melvin love is 73 years old today because melvins birthday is on 03241947. With donald oconnor, debbie reynolds, una merkel, richard anderson. In this mgm musical, a photographer donald oconnor pretends to work for a prestigious magazine in order to get close to.
Her father is against that and as a last resort, melvin promises to get judys photo on the cover of the next issue, a task easier said than done. Same here, in honor of debbie reynolds passing i wanted to complete the. In 1994 nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman were brutally murdere more. Released 1953, i love melvin stars donald oconnor, debbie reynolds, una merkel, richard anderson the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 16 min, and received a. A second version in a rural setting was shot but cut from the film. Everything you need to know about rio, i love you movie. Rio, i love you is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. Insignificant assistant photographer melvin hoover donald oconnor is instantly lovestruck after meeting struggling actress and chorus line dancer judy leroy debbie reynolds. Oconnor plays melvin hoover, the hapless assistant to look magazine photographer mergo. Also the word snappy, and its possible that energetic never really found full expression until melvin came along. When he falls in love with chorus girl judy leroy, melvin claims that hes the magazines head photographer. I love melvin 1953 stream and watch online moviefone.
But in her dreams shes a glamorous film actress beloved by cast and crew alike who sashays through a sultry musical number like marilyn monroe in gentlemen prefer blondes. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Trying to impress judy, melvin promises to put her on the cover of look magazine. Rio, i love you on dvd july 19, 2016 starring harvey keitel, john turturro, rodrigo santoro, emily mortimor. She has a featured part in a broadway musical playing a football acrobatically tossed around the gridiron.
After branching out in the big apple on my own for a number of years, i moved west to san francisco. Musical comedy about a lovestruck gofer who tries to get to first base with a cute chorus girl by pretending to be a photographer who can get her picture on the cover of look magazine. He was a tenyearold adopted when he was three rescue dog who was allergic to earth. Album i love melvin 1953 by debbie reynolds song lyrics including i wanna wander, we have never met as yet. I love melvin reunites singin in the rain stars donald oconnor and debbie reynolds.
Of course, its also true that silly, inconsequential, and featherweight are equally apt adjectives to apply to melvin if the movie ever would sit still long enough to let any adjectives stick to it. Melvin is a selftaught dancer who started a unique dance style. The story that strings the various musical numbers together is trite, to say the least. It isnt a big, serious awardwinning extravaganza like singin in the rain or seven brides for seven brothers, but its a simple story thats plain fun. Melvin dummar says that what used to happen to horatio algers heroes really did happen to him. He owns a dance academy named melvin louis dance co. Overview of i love melvin, 1953, directed by don weis, with donald oconnor, debbie reynolds, una merkel, at turner classic movies. I love melvin 1953 lady loves watch i love melvin now. In 2008, van peebles completed the film confessionsofa exdoofusitchyfooted mutha, which was the closing night selection for maryland film festival 2008, and appeared on all my children as melvin woods, the father of samuel woods, a character portrayed by his son, mario. It was a monster hit, so its not surprising that mgm went to the trouble of borrowing oconnor from universal to star alongside reynolds in this movie. Features include resource lists featuring everything needed for petticoat enthusiasts. I love melvin 1953 where did you learn to dance debbie. They start to talk and melvin soon offers to do a photo spread of her.
Melvin wants to marry judy, but her father would rather she marry dull and dependable harry black. I felt a disconnect when i started writing about doug, because i couldnt connect him to melvin. But jonathan demmes wonderful new comedy melvin and howard doesnt depend. The director, melvin van peebles, also starred in this film with one of the most absurd titles ever given to a movie. Released 1953, i love melvin stars donald oconnor, debbie reynolds, una merkel, richard anderson the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 16 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Debbie reynolds and donald oconnor in i love melvin 1953 debbie reynolds at an. To win her over, melvin greatly embellishes the importance of his position at a trendy magazine, claiming that with his help judy could appear on the magazines cover. As a last resort, melvin promises to get judys photo on the cover of the next issue of look, a task easier said than done. Melvin love l, 73 huntsville, al background report at.
In 2020, sana khan and melvin break up their relationship due to personal reasons. I love melvin 1953 insignificant assistant photographer melvin hoover donald oconnor is instantly lovestruck after meeting struggling actress. Van peebles plays the role of sweetback, an orphan who works in a sex show. I love melvin 1953 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The title is taken from the george and ira gershwin song the man i. I love melvin is a fun little movie but, in an era of fabulous musical films, it doesnt hold classic status. Melvin also answers to melvin l love, and perhaps a couple of other names. Mayer cast debbie in the studios now legendary musical spoof of 1920s hollywood, singin in the rain 1952, much to the chagrin of star gene kelly who wanted a professional dancer in the part. One day he runs into judy leroy debbie reynolds, a small time and unknown dancer and soon the two make it a mission to get her on the cover. Philadelphia international records ae7 1079 format. Staring allyn joslyn, una merkel, richard anderson and debbie reynolds. Melvin is a professor, novelist, essayist, lecturer, and film producer who lives in florence, alabama. Metrogoldwynmayer turner entertainment co warner home video firm. Given three months to learn to dance well enough to keep up with kelly and. If everybody is telling the truth and the will is genuine, the hitchhiker was howard hughes. The roster of not quite alisters has something to do with it, as does the mediocrity of the songs. I love melvin is a fun little movie but, in an era of fabulous musical films.
The man i love is a 1947 american film noir melodrama directed by raoul walsh, based on the novel night shift by maritta m. Carrying the ruse to the limit, melvin arranges to shoot a. I love melvin 1953 is an adorable and joyous little movie. This blog started off to chronicle his rescue and subsequent life the good, the great and the sometimes ugly of my special needs dog. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. His boss, however, has no intention of using the photos. I love melvin 1953 out of 4 charming musicalcomedy has donald oconnor playing melvin hoover, a wannabe photographer for look magazine and someone who just hasnt caught his break. We all need to do our small part to make this great country even better for all. A lifelong resident of the deep south, he spent his formative years reading the likes of william faulkner and flannery oconnor, dreaming of escaping to. In fact, the film pretty much tosses the plot out the window for much of the film until they reach the point where they have to wrap. Instead, the film ascends to a higher plane of lunacy with some of the franchises best quipsback at the apocalypse corporation, the plot was thickening, and i was to be the corn starch, our hero narratesand deranged set pieces, such as a surreal dreamfight between id toxie and superego melvin. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
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