Product: The Court Jester [VHS] (1956)
Rating: 5.0
Beyond Fantastic
Considering when this was made (remember that Danny Kaye was already in his 60s when he guest starred on the Cosby's in the early 1980s and in this musical he clearly is young so were talking around 1950s -- the opening sequence was actually very well done for the time.Beyond that, there are true laughing moments in this movie that can be enjoyed by everyone in the home without worrying about protecting the inocent ears of tots. The very storyline is engaging and the storytelling is held through the entire movie -- indeed, it seems that the movie was shorter lived than it really was.A few other stand outs -- Danny Kaye's opening song sequence in the movie includes lyrical lines that are found in Mary Poppins but this film predates the Mary Poppin's film ( you will note that the woman who has the lead role here is the woman who plays the women's lib mother in Mary Poppins but clearly younger here).If you have never seen a Danny Kaye movie, this one, and Hans Christian Andersen are very much worth the watch -- but this one does not bog down like Hans Christian Andersen did.Now hear this -- if you have looked at this movie for consideration -- now is the time to stop reading the reviews and watch the movie -- you won't regret it.