The Country Girl Review
The Country Girl is a star vehicle for Grace_Kelly and Bing_Crosby, who play an alcoholic actor and his dedicated wife. It produced acclaim and respect for Kelly, cast against type and wearing drab dresses to accentuate her performance as a frumpy housewife. Adapted by director George_Seaton from Clifford_Odets' stage play, the movie unwisely alters the source material to make room for Crosby's singing numbers, though in other respects it's a reasonable transference to the big screen. When Paramount released the film, it launched a major campaign to generate Oscar nominations, and it garnered seven, including Best Picture and Best Director, winning Best Screenplay and Best Actress for a pre-Monaco Kelly. Ironically, Seaton lost the Best Director Oscar to On the Waterfront's Elia_Kazan, who was in part the basis for the director played by William_Holden in The Country Girl. Richard Gilliam, Rovi
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