The Mating Game [1959] [DVD]Debbie Reynolds (actor) Tony Randall (actor)
Format: all-region dvd (worldwide) Runtime: 96 min Quality: Digital
The Darling Buds of May is better known here as the popular TV series which starred the ubiquitous David Jason and introduced us to Catherine Zeta-Jones, so it may seem sacrilegious to point out that this MGM version of H.E. Bates's novel is much funnier and more faithful to the spirit of the original.
The cast is also much classier: Paul Douglas is a truly estimable father to Debbie Reynolds, the farm girl who falls for taxman Tony Randall, and director George Marshall, a dab hand at this kind of farce, keeps it all zipping along. Nice use of CinemaScope framing, too. |