Rating: - A GREAT MOVIE
IF YOU LIKE CLASSICAL MUSIC AND ROMANTIC MOVIES. BEAUTIFUL ALL AROUND!
BRAVO FOR THE HOLLYWOOD OF YEARS BACK.
Rating: - Wonderful Borzage love story
Okay, that rating may be a bit indulgent. But this is truly an enjoyable and emotionally involving love story. It is set in the world of classical music and makes excellent use of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto, performed on the soundtrack by no less than Artur Rubenstein ("The world's greatest pianist," as the credits tell us!).
The story is about Myra (played by Cathrine McLeod), a young, starry-eyed piano student who falls under the spell of an imperious pianist/conductor (Philip Dorn). Myra becomes his protegee and steadily grows in her talent--and her love for him--until ... Read More
Rating: - Outstanding Borzage love story
Okay, that rating may be a little indulgent. But this is truly one of my favorite films. It's a lavish ($2 million budget--quite an amount for 1946!), colorful romance set against the world of classical music. Catherine McLeod plays a young student who becomes the protegee of Philip Dorn, an imperious pianist/conductor. McLeod steadily grows in her performing ability--and her love for Dorn--until she becomes a little bit TOO good for his masculine ego. And there is also a third point of this romantic triangle--McLeod's childhood sweetheart, William Carter--waiting in the wings. . . It may ... Read More
