The Good Fairy (1935) :
Brief Review -
When William Wyler gave Margaret Sullavan her first effective fairy role. The Good Fairy is a fun film with a lot of enjoyable moments, but more than anything else, the film can be remembered only and only for Margaret Sullavan's most innocent and childlike character by that time. Ferenc Molnár's novel A jó tündér got translated and then got a stage adaptation, so you know there was something to attract the audience. Then came this cinematic adaptation, right in the mid-30s - the most progressive phase of entertaining cinema. A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a "good fairy" to strangers makes life awfully complicated. Margaret Sullavan chose this character to prove her versatility and try her hand in the rom-com genre, which had just begun to get popular. She looks so cute and adorable in the film that you just can't forget that innocent face even after watching the film. I am seeing her face in my mind right now as I am writing this. I wish I could meet a good fairy like her one day, and I should immediately marry her. "I'm married," she says again and again, only to break someone's heart, but at the same time, she makes others' hearts beat faster by letting them know that she is single. Herbert Marshall was one of the most handsome actors of his time, and his transformation in the film will have you wondering about him. First the beard, then the pride and sentimental connection with it, and then that clean shaved look. He looked unrecognisable for a moment, even to me. I mean, imagine me being an audience member in real life, knowing he would show up now and yet having a moment of doubt. That's how crazy his transformation is. The Good Fairy has a decent storyline with a few flaws here and there - the love story being too quick and implausible is the major one. The rest of the time, Wyler keeps you interested and busy with his sweet little story that is a good one-time fun flick.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.
When William Wyler gave Margaret Sullavan her first effective fairy role. The Good Fairy is a fun film with a lot of enjoyable moments, but more than anything else, the film can be remembered only and only for Margaret Sullavan's most innocent and childlike character by that time. Ferenc Molnár's novel A jó tündér got translated and then got a stage adaptation, so you know there was something to attract the audience. Then came this cinematic adaptation, right in the mid-30s - the most progressive phase of entertaining cinema. A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a "good fairy" to strangers makes life awfully complicated. Margaret Sullavan chose this character to prove her versatility and try her hand in the rom-com genre, which had just begun to get popular. She looks so cute and adorable in the film that you just can't forget that innocent face even after watching the film. I am seeing her face in my mind right now as I am writing this. I wish I could meet a good fairy like her one day, and I should immediately marry her. "I'm married," she says again and again, only to break someone's heart, but at the same time, she makes others' hearts beat faster by letting them know that she is single. Herbert Marshall was one of the most handsome actors of his time, and his transformation in the film will have you wondering about him. First the beard, then the pride and sentimental connection with it, and then that clean shaved look. He looked unrecognisable for a moment, even to me. I mean, imagine me being an audience member in real life, knowing he would show up now and yet having a moment of doubt. That's how crazy his transformation is. The Good Fairy has a decent storyline with a few flaws here and there - the love story being too quick and implausible is the major one. The rest of the time, Wyler keeps you interested and busy with his sweet little story that is a good one-time fun flick.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.