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In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
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Directed by Otto Preminger
Jeanne CrainJulia Rogers
Cornel WildePhilippe Lascalles
Linda DarnellEdith Rogers
William EytheBen Phelps
Walter BrennanJesse Rogers
Constance BennettZenia Lascalles
Dorothy GishMrs. Rogers
Barbara WhitingSusanna Rogers
Kathleen HowardDeborahBuddy SwanDudley Rogers
Paul EvertonSenator (uncredited)Avon LongSpecialtyImages · 12
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CinemaSerfJul 7, 2022
Right from the outset, this film mis-fires. Walter Brennan comes across as a fish out of water and Cornel Wilde, with his rather ropey French accent, just doesn't work at all well, either. The latter man, having just arrived in Philadelphia from France for the US Centennial Exposition, soon becomes the object of the affections of two sisters - Jeanne Craine ("Julie") and Linda Darnell ("Edith"). Which of them will win his affections? The problem with this film is that, though… Read more
colourful - there is absolutely no chemistry anywhere to be seen. The songs from Jerome Kern are pleasant enough, but there is no showstopper - and the singing, well those are either ensemble efforts or solos from actors who, frankly, aren't very good singers. The execution of the story is not without the odd bit of humour, but the presentation looks frequently quite stagey with plenty of set piece choreography that, again, might have looked fine in a theatre but is somehow rather dated and stilted on a big screen. It is watchable, and Darnell steals the show, if anyone does, but I struggled with this rather procedural and stilted melodrama.