Product: Houseboat [VHS] (1958)
Rating: 5.0
HOUSE BOAT----- Cary to Allen: I'm getting her for my kids Allen... Allen: ADOPT ME:
I love these old movies with comedy, romance , sweet story line and of course Cary Grant and Sophia Loren. The clothing is very beautiful and glamorous. The colors in this film are fantastic so rich.Fresh widower with three kids in post wwii Washington D.C. runs into free spirited rich runaway whose father is a famous conductor for the symphony . She is tired of being dragged from town to town without ever getting to live a little . Cary Grant's seven year old runs off the same night and she ends up taking him home. She is an instant success with the kids and Cary thinks she's a flung off almost G.I. bride, she winks and says the fancy clothes came from her father , the truth yet an implied lie. The sister in law had been taking care of the kids and it was time he stepped up to the plate and started taking care of them. He ends up hiring Sophia to help with the house,he just jumped to the assumption that she is poor because her dress got dirty when she went out the window to the boat to "row" away. The problem is the house that he was supposed to live in is being moved to the lot that day and well it gets hit by a train right in front of them while the trailer it was on was parked on the tracks. The driver got sidetracked looking at Sophia's legs. Now they are on a temporary Houseboat owned by the trailer driver a fellow italian and hound dog by nature. He keeps trying to date her the whole movie. She knows how to handle him .The visuals in here are fantastic. Sophia is sexy, Cary's suave, and portrays the overwhelmed dad well. Slowly he becomes enchanted with Sophias' open ways and starts to have feelings for her . Troubles ahead in the form of the very blonde and beautiful sister in law . She is socially acceptable to the richer echelons the family comes from and has filed for Divorce on her cheating husband. She has had a crush on Cary since before her sister had married him. She's jealous and disapproving of Sophia and always cutting at her . Sophia can hold her own . Enjoy this heart warming family film with fantastic music and romance theme it's a keeper for the sheer beauty of it. THIS IS ON INSTANT PRIME FOR FREE IF YOUR A MEMBER .