I have to confess off the bat that Director Springsteen is unknown to me, although I have read favorable comments about his film DOUBLE JEOPARDY.
Well, COME NEXT SPRING is no noir, it is a love story following the reunion of an Arkansas man with the family he had walked out on, nine years earlier. Montgomery Pittman serves up a charming and touching screenplay that really tugs at your heart strings, as Matt Ballot (Cochran) sees his teenage daughter and meets for the first time the son he did not even know he had... and pleads with his former wife to take him on as a hired hand.
Of course, a beautiful woman like Ann Sheridan is sure to attract other males, and Sonny Tufts wastes no time announcing to Matt that he wants Sheridan. You can tell - and Matt admits it - that that fight is written on the wall but, before it happens, there is an interesting sequence involving a cyclone or tornado that only makes Matt more agreeable to his children, and even to his former wife.
Excellent color photography, lovely musical theme sung by a very young Tony Bennett, and very touching performances by the leads. Walter Brennan, winner of three supporting Oscars and perhaps the most famous supporting actor of all time, does not shine as much as usual, but certainly does not compromise, either.
Edgar Buchanan, another top rung supporting actor, puts in an immaculate performance - pity that it is so short.
The ending is truly unique, a blend of love, good will, repentance and forgiveness all working together in young Sherry Jackson's voice.
This wholesome picture flies by in a very fast 92 minutes.
Definitely worth watching-
Well, COME NEXT SPRING is no noir, it is a love story following the reunion of an Arkansas man with the family he had walked out on, nine years earlier. Montgomery Pittman serves up a charming and touching screenplay that really tugs at your heart strings, as Matt Ballot (Cochran) sees his teenage daughter and meets for the first time the son he did not even know he had... and pleads with his former wife to take him on as a hired hand.
Of course, a beautiful woman like Ann Sheridan is sure to attract other males, and Sonny Tufts wastes no time announcing to Matt that he wants Sheridan. You can tell - and Matt admits it - that that fight is written on the wall but, before it happens, there is an interesting sequence involving a cyclone or tornado that only makes Matt more agreeable to his children, and even to his former wife.
Excellent color photography, lovely musical theme sung by a very young Tony Bennett, and very touching performances by the leads. Walter Brennan, winner of three supporting Oscars and perhaps the most famous supporting actor of all time, does not shine as much as usual, but certainly does not compromise, either.
Edgar Buchanan, another top rung supporting actor, puts in an immaculate performance - pity that it is so short.
The ending is truly unique, a blend of love, good will, repentance and forgiveness all working together in young Sherry Jackson's voice.
This wholesome picture flies by in a very fast 92 minutes.
Definitely worth watching-