Product: Houseboat [VHS] (1958)
Rating: 4.0
Loren and Grant
This is a very cute movie!Sophia Loren is just fantastic!!Cary Grant is great in a subtle way. He progresses throughout the movie in a nuanced manner.They both have great chemistry!Mimi Gibson, Paul Petersen (of Mouseketeer and Donna Reed fame) andCharles Herbert all put in great performances as the children.There is even a minor supporting roles by Murray Hamilton as Grant's cheeky friend and Loren's father's manager, played by the very comic Werner Klemperer (Col. Klink). And, Harry Guardino who plays the ethnic Italian almost suiter, Angelo Donatello, was nominated for Golden Globe. The picture was nominated for two Academy's - Best Original Song ("Almost in Your Arms") and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay. The movie and Grant did win two Golden Laurel Awards for Top Comedy and Top Male Comedy Performance.Mel Shavelson, who did a lot of romantic pictures like "April in Paris" and "Yours, Mine and Ours", did a great job pooling the acting team together in an innocent comedy that works the way they should - and that is not easy.Loren get's Americanized while she teaches Grant to grow up. It has what is missing in contemporary chick flicks.See this - you won't be disappointed!