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You'll need a doctor to stitch you up after laughing your sides off, 26 May 2000
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JB-12 from Long Island NY
There is no way that you can present a synopsis of this film that can make
it appealing. Here is a film that stars Ronald Colman, Vincent Price,
Celeste Holm and Art Linkletter???? The plot includes a soap company, a
quiz show and a talking parrot. Not only does this film work, it is one
of
the most riotous comedies ever filmed.
It is the incongruity (and thus the brilliance) of the casting that makes
this successful. Colman who is so well known for his romantic voice and
looks and just coming off as Oscar winning performance in the dark but
brilliant "A Double Life" plays Bouregard Bottomley, a man who knows
"everything about everything", except how to get a job. He goes to the
Milady Soap Company and is almost hired except he had the audacity to make
a
joke in front of company President Birnbridge Waters, played by Vincent
Price. It seems that Milady sponsors a quiz program and Bottomley decides
to go on as a contestant and take Price for all he is worth and thereby
hangs this uproarious tale.
For all of the dramatic accomplishments by the principals, Colman, Price
and
Holm are tremendously funny with Price as a particular standout. He goes
way over the top (similar to James Cagney in the equally as funny "One,
Two,
Three") but he is perfect.
The real surprise is Art Linkletter. Having made his reputation as a
rather
bland variety show host in radio and the early days of television, he
comes
off very effectively as both the quiz show and the romantic lead. This
was
his only acting appearance and it is too bad. He was very
good.
This film demands several viewings. Often you are laughing so hard you
miss
some great lines.
The Champaign in the title does not go solely to Caesar (a talking
parrot).
It goes to all involved with this classic. Here's to you.
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