They don't make films like this anymore but they made a lot of them then. This is one of the better ones ... a perfect 2 hour indulgence on a rainy afternoon.
I've seen this film many times in the course of my life but I just realized it's a modern reworking of Emily Brontes' "Wuthering Heights". It wasn't until tonight that I realized the similarity. I think that's because it works with the added elements that distinguish it.
It's full tilt melodrama of the Harlequin novel variety but its a good one ... emotional, overwrought and overacted in Technicolor. Pearl Bailey steals the show from all the beautiful people at the center of this soap opera. I just wish she sang more ...
I've seen this film many times in the course of my life but I just realized it's a modern reworking of Emily Brontes' "Wuthering Heights". It wasn't until tonight that I realized the similarity. I think that's because it works with the added elements that distinguish it.
It's full tilt melodrama of the Harlequin novel variety but its a good one ... emotional, overwrought and overacted in Technicolor. Pearl Bailey steals the show from all the beautiful people at the center of this soap opera. I just wish she sang more ...