MissMellieY

I vividly remember watching this edition of the Kennedy Center Honors because James Stewart was honored. I can remember the Air Force Cadet choir singing Auld Lang Syne and Carol Burnett trying to sing but not being able to because she was so choked up. I was so proud of him and for him. I remember that the applause for him was longer than for anyone else honored that evening, including Frank Sinatra. I can't believe the Kennedy Center has not made these available on tape or DVD yet. There are many years' versions I would LOVE to buy. I have tried to find a way to contact them about this but their website is far from user friendly. I am looking forward to this year's edition but there will never be another year quite like the 1983 year for me. The closest was the year Sean Connery was honored.

I give it a 5 because I liked Marion Davies but on the whole, this really was not a very good movie. For me, Patsy Kelly and Allen Jenkins were horribly annoying. I don't say that often about Patsy as I am a fan but this particular movie was not her best. I admit, though, that she was only annoying when she had to share the screen with Allen Jenkins. HE was the annoying one.

I realize that I am filtering everything through modern sensibilities because it is impossible not to to a degree, but I could not see what she (Marion's character) fell in love with. Robert Montgomery's character was bland at best. The lead romantic characters didn't spend any time together...at least not enough to build a movie romance on. Love at first sight (so to speak)was not particularly well played out. Also, I think the premise could have been much more effectively played out. A pair of glasses and a wig does not render someone unrecognizable.

Marion deserved so much better than this. Now, this is not the worst film I have ever seen but it is by far not a very good effort. It tried for screwball but didn't quite make it there. See it though, if only to be able to see Marion's last screen performance. She was highly underrated. Don't use this as an example of her best work.

It astounds me every time I read "when I heard Donny Osmond was playing Joseph I was surprised and shocked because he did a great job." The man has a very powerful singing voice and he did a great job in the role. Of all the men who have played Joseph on stage, Donny comes the closest to actually identifying with the role. Not only for the reasons of religion but because of his place in the scheme of his family's celebrity. He was the one singled out and it must have been hard on the rest of the brothers who had a lot of talent as well. I have to wonder if he wasn't well acquainted with dealing with underlying jealousy. The rest of the cast was great, with the exception of Joan Collins. I realize that she was there to be a seductress but she really didn't do that well and seemed extremely out of place.

I really enjoyed the production on the whole and even Joan didn't ruin it. Donny has aged VERY well...and even more important, so has his voice.