Yolanda and the Thief
Summary:
Yolanda and the Thief has long been considered the nadir of Arthur Freed's years as an MGM musical producer. Unappreciated at the time of its release, the film was a huge financial and critical failure. It has since become a cult film and cinematic cause celebre, revered by its adherents and condemned by its detractors. For the record, Fred Astaire stars as a suave but strangely unsym... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Fred Astaire - (Johnny Parkson Riggs)
Lucille Bremer - (Yolanda Aquaviva)
Frank Morgan - (Victor Budlow Trout)
Mildred Natwick - (Aunt Amarilla)
Mary Nash - (Duenna)
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Review:
Few musicals of the period inspire as extreme and divergent reactions as Yolanda and the Thief. A "love it or hate it" film, it's clearly a triumph of style over content. The dialogue is weak, which harms the fragile story; fantasy of this sort can be destroyed by the slightest false note, and this script has plenty of them. The score, with the ... Continue >>
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