I Love Melvin

I saw this movie when I was little and always remembered Debbie Reynolds as the football in a dance sequence. Loved her. Loved Donald O’Conner. Loved the film!

I enjoyed this movie emensely. Albeit the plot was a little cliche and silly but the acting was good, it was funny, and just all around wholesome. I love Hollywood from the 50s it's just so magical and sweet. This movie will definitely be making it on to my list of recommendations if anyone ever needs something to watch.

The plot is a simple, sappy story's: awkward, clumsy boy meets beautiful, graceful girl. Father disapproves wanting girl to marry wealthy, debonair man. Guy makes a mess of it. But, in the end, true love triumphs and guy wins girl despite himself.You don't buy this film for the ployBy the way, it takes an enormous amount of skill and polish to play awkward and clumsy.You buy this film for the dancing... and specifically for Donald O'Connor dancing... and especially for the Life's Little Ups and Downs scene wherein O'Connor tap dances on roller skates.As you watch this, look for one thing: camera cuts. A camera cut is an opportunity for the director to change perspective.... but it is also a way for an editor to splice together footage from one take with that from another. In the Life's Little Ups and Downs dance, the camera pans and zooms to follow O'Connor, but they're are only four cuts, and none during the tap-dance sequence. O'Connor did that. No editing. No CGI. No computer animation. No special effects. He just did it in one take. It is amazing dance. And that is why you buy this film.

I had grown up as a boy in the 40's and 50's and lived in the Cinema. There were many genre's in those days, what I was allowed to see at that early age,was the Musicals. A wealth of reissues of the 30's linking into the 40's and into the 50's with ie.."I Love Melvin"( 1953 ) Not a major film, but full of talent from the Roar of the MGM Lion to the playout music, including the crew all involved with the music, Simply enjoyable. The Prints on tv here in the UK were dreadfull, and when this became available on dvd, I got it immediately. It's not for the today's young people, but for those that grew up with these films. Fine,go and buy it and enjoy.Haylyn ( UK )

LOVED THIS MGM FILM WITH A WONDERFUL DEBBIE AND DONALD GOOD MUSICAL NUMBERS. I WAS LUCKY TO SEE DEBBIE AT THE OPERA HOUSE AUSTRALIA A FEW YEARS BACK SHE WAS WONDERFUL THEY EVEN PUT ON EXTRA SHOWS WHICH NEVER HAPPENS AT THE OPERA HOUSE, IF YOU ARE A FAN IT IS A MUST EVEN A FIRST VIEWING YOU WILL BECOME ONE. MANY THANKS AMAZON ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTRALIA PLEASE PUT MOLLY BROWN ON B RAY HER GREATEST FILMLIZA DELLA REESE

I am only giving this 3 stars because of one particularly charming number in the entire film - filled for the most part with surprisingly terrible choreography. How they manage to make Donald O'Conner's dancing look mediocre takes unique skill. And, the storyline is about as flimsy as you get. But, if you are looking for something light and mindless, you could do worse.

One of the best under appreciated B-movie MGM musicals made during the 1950s. I first saw this movie on TNT back in the early 90s and recently downloaded it through Amazon Video. The resolution is standard definition, in standard format (non-letter box). The quality is normal for the period and I didn't have any issues with video quality or sound. If you like MGM musicals of the 1950s, like Singin' in the Rain; you'll enjoy this little gem.

Love Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds!! Melivin, an eager photographer, falls in love with an aspiring actress, but her father doesn't believe that it would be a secure match for her, so she asks Melvin to put her on the front cover of Look Magazine. He tries, but cannot succeed, so he disappears, and the magazine editor helps her find Melvin by putting her picture on the cover! Sensational dance numbers, including O'Connor's tap dance on roller skates!!! :-)

Die DVD ist in Ordnung. Musste aber 3 Wochen auf die Zustellung warten und extra auch noch 7,32 euro, extra (wegen dem Zoll!) dem Postboten der das Päckchen brachte, zahlen.So was hab ich noch nie erlebt, seit dem ich bei Amazon bestelle! Ich musste nie extra draufzahlen.Deswegen Sterne-Abzug!

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Un excellent film que je connaissais l'ayant eu en vhs américaine qui malheureusement n'était pas de bonne qualité dont j'ai dû me débarrasser, je ne pensais pas le trouver en dvd, n'étant pas très connu, je le cherchais depuis longtemps !! cela fait plaisir de retrouver Debbie Reynolds/Donald O'connor (tous deux de "Chantons sous la Pluie" ) avec un jeune Richard Anderson (Oscar Godlman, patron de L'homme Qui Valait 3 Milliards/Super Jaimie) dans une comédie burlesque musicale !! Un bon moment de détente à déguster en famille !!

リージョンコードが気になりましたが、自宅のDVDプレイヤーで再生できています。日本語字幕はもとより、英語字幕もありませんが、ストーリーが単純なので日本人でも充分楽しめます。メニュー画面にチャプターリストが無いのがやや不便。特典映像のアウトテイクが素晴らしく良い！ドナルド・オコナーの歌とダンス、早着替えに一人芝居と多様なパフォーマンスを見せてくれます。彼のアクロバットはありませんが、ローラースケートのダンスは見応えあり。デビー・レイノルズのフットボール役がすごかった。ワイヤーアクションで発射したり転がったり担いで運ばれたり。2人の明るくキュートなダンスは何度見ても癒されます。難しいことは考えず、かわいくて楽しい気持ちになれる映画です。

It's great to have this minor MGM musical back in a fully restored version. It looks and sounds terrific. It also includes an outtake of the best number 'A Lady Loves' in a different version. It is an exuberant small scale musical to follow up the success of Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor in 'Singin' in the Rain'. The plot is simple, she is a Broadway chorine and he is a go-fer for a smart magazine and he fakes a magazine cover to impress her - the musical numbers are great and all ends happily. Great Fun.