A Real Classic
Added 4/23/2009
A real classic, so glad to have this movie. One from the real movie days.
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Bundle of Joy
Added 3/12/2008
I had never even heard of this movie until I saw it on TCM about a year ago. It is a cute story about a young salesgirl Polly (Debbie Reynolds) who ends up getting fired from her job. On the way back to her house she sees a young baby on the orphanage steps and saves it from a terrible fall. When she takes the baby into the orphanage they think it is her baby that she is giving them. The employees think that because she was fired she can't provide for "her" baby so they convince her boss to give her the job back. She ends up realizing later in the movie how much she loves the baby and wants to keep it. She meets the man of her dreams (ironically her real husband, Eddie Fisher) and adopts the baby.
When are they going to put this movie on DVD?
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Eddie When Young & Talented.
Added 10/25/2005
This was Eddie's chance to shine. He'd had his own television shows for about three years before he made the mistake of marrying Debbie Reynolds. It was not a marriage, but a publicity stunt which went bad. She had to try to outshine him in his movie debut, but couldn't quite manage it. I loved her in 'Tammy and the Batchelor' but then she was pretending to be a young, backward Southern girl in love with an older man who was pledged to someone else, a sophisticated pure-bred.
The baby was a delightful little actor. He looked just like Buddy Hackett. The Christmas theme set it off with beautiful Technicolor, and Eddie's 'mumbling' in the interview scene was reminiscent of someone I know. Being the son of the store owner, he could have any girl he wanted, but he again made a mistake by choosing one he thought was 'experience' since she already had a child.
The music was spectacular. This is Eddie at his best!
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A not so funny musical comedy
Added 6/15/2003
This movie aired recently on TCM. It was a remake of Bachelor Mother which starred Ginger Rogers. Bachelor Mother was considerably better than this dud.Basically the script is quite poor and not very funny. Eddie Fisher, while possesing a nice voice, just doesn't cut it as an actor. Debbie Reynolds does her usual good job but she simply can't carry this movie out of its mediocrity. I feel I was quite generous in giving this movie two stars.
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loved it, it was joyful
Added 6/14/2003
Bundle of Joy (1956) 98 minutesDirector: Norman Taurog Studio: Turner Home Video
Adolphe Menjou, Una Merkel, Tommy Noonan, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher Debbie Reynolds playing as Polly Parrish has a job at a department store and gets fired for selling too much merchandise. People end up bringing the merchandise back the next day. When she got fired she was walking home looking at the hiring agencies window for a job. When she proceeded down the street she found a baby on the steps of a foundling agency. The people walked out and saw that she had left the baby, so they thought. The people at the agency talked to the big boss at her job and explained why she needed her job back. She tried to tell the people that this was not her baby, but no one would listen. She took the baby in and loved him like only a mother would. The boss, Dan Merlin got involved and wanted to help her. Everyone she tried to tell the story too did not believe her or she would just stop because it sounded crazy that something like this would happen to anyone. This was a fairytale of sorts, kind of like Cinderella. This movie was in color, but was in black and white before. Bundle of Joy is a classical and a musical in one.
Dan fell in love with the fact that she was able to do such a selfless act. Polly and Dan got married so she did not have to work anymore. I thought this movie was great and had a lot of heart and soul to it. It was a feel good movie. It makes me want to think that good thing do happen to people. I give this movie , because it had so much to give to the audience. It would be a great movie to take to you Grand-mothers house and enjoy with her.
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Fun Lovin Movie
Added 9/27/2009
This CD is a lot of fun to watch and the title song is delightful.
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fluffy 50's comedy with Frankie and Debbie
Added 7/11/2009
Here's Frankie at the apex of his swingin' Fifties movie fame in THE TENDER TRAP (1955), a fun romantic comedy which pairs him with darling Debbie Reynolds and also boasts the strong comedic support of David Wayne and Celeste Holm.
New York talent agent Charlie Reader (Frank Sinatra) lives a charmed life. His bachelor pad is serviced by an endless parade of beautiful girls (including Carolyn Jones, Lola Albright and Jarma Lewis) ready to cater to his every whim. What more could a man want? Certainly not marriage! But his latest discovery, stage singer Julie Gillis (Debbie Reynolds) couldn't care less about her career if a wedding's not on the immediate horizon. Whether he likes it or not, Charlie's about to be caught in the 'tender trap'...
While Sinatra and Reynolds were the top-billed stars of THE TENDER TRAP, the film is mercilessly stolen by David Wayne and Celeste Holm's snappy supporting performances. Indeed, Holm made such an impression that she and Sinatra were reunited the following year in "High Society". Debbie Reynolds' character of Julie might rankle female viewers in the modern age, but she gives a delightful performance--given the limitations of the script. Frankie and David have some great scenes together and the whole affair breezes along in splendid fashion. A fun title.
The DVD includes a featurette focusing on Sinatra's attempt to reinvent his movie persona in the 1950s, plus the trailer. Available separately or as part of the Frank Sinatra: The Golden Years DVD collection boxset (which also includes "Some Came Running", "The Man With the Golden Arm", "None But the Brave" and "Marriage on the Rocks").
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I recognise this plot
Added 5/13/2009
This is a good movie. I do believe the plot is currently being used as the back story for the Charlie Sheen sitcom 'Two and a Half Men'. good stuff.!
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