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Post by topbilled on Aug 14, 2023 14:33:46 GMT
Robert Osborne comments on the original version, released by MGM in 1936:
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Post by topbilled on Aug 14, 2023 14:36:06 GMT
MGM remade SMALL TOWN GIRL as a musical in 1953 with Jane Powell taking the Janet Gaynor role...
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Post by topbilled on Aug 14, 2023 14:37:34 GMT
Opening credits for the original:
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Post by topbilled on Aug 14, 2023 14:38:41 GMT
The trailer for the remake:
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Post by Fading Fast on Aug 14, 2023 15:30:20 GMT
Of those two, I enjoy the '36 version more as, while both are goofy stories, the '36 version feels a bit more real and I didn't think making it into a musical really did much for it. Plus, I prefer Janet Gaynor to Powell as the female lead.
As to the intros, you can feel how much faster they are delivered today as, my guess, younger audiences just expect and will only stay around for quickly delivered intros.
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Aug 14, 2023 17:51:57 GMT
I've never seen the 1936 version. I liked the 1953 version with Jane Powell and Farley Granger.
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Post by topbilled on Aug 15, 2023 14:43:50 GMT
I told Yancey that I like both versions equally. Both films have a sort of 'old fashioned' feel to them. A fun thing about the original is seeing Robert Taylor and James Stewart at the beginning of their motion picture careers. Janet Gaynor is probably a bit too old for her role, but still gives a nice engaging performance.
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Aug 15, 2023 17:02:21 GMT
I told Yancey that I like both versions equally. Both films have a sort of 'old fashioned' feel to them. A fun thing about the original is seeing Robert Taylor and James Stewart at the beginning of their motion picture careers. Janet Gaynor is probably a bit too old for her role, but still gives a nice engaging performance. I did wonder if Janet Gaynor could be cute and perky enough for the role. Jane Powell's screen persona looks like a better fit, but then most of the movies I have seen Janet Gaynor in are dramas where she plays a serious type of role. |
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Post by Fading Fast on Aug 15, 2023 18:16:59 GMT
I told Yancey that I like both versions equally. Both films have a sort of 'old fashioned' feel to them. A fun thing about the original is seeing Robert Taylor and James Stewart at the beginning of their motion picture careers. Janet Gaynor is probably a bit too old for her role, but still gives a nice engaging performance. I did wonder if Janet Gaynor could be cute and perky enough for the role. Jane Powell's screen persona looks like a better fit, but then most of the movies I have seen Janet Gaynor in are dramas where she plays a serious type of role. |
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Post by yanceycravat on Aug 28, 2023 3:33:27 GMT
I did wonder if Janet Gaynor could be cute and perky enough for the role. Jane Powell's screen persona looks like a better fit, but then most of the movies I have seen Janet Gaynor in are dramas where she plays a serious type of role. I have to agree with your assessment of Janet Gaynor. That's exactly how I always think of her.
In early 1980 I was lucky enough to see her in Harold and Maude on Broadway. The show lasted 21 previews and 4 performances. She was great but the show didn't work.
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