The Great director Frank Borzage does it again with this magnificent film. Ginger Rogers not only looks sumptuous in it but what a performance ,especially as the climax of the movie. Definitely one of her best dramatic performances and a revelation, as this movie was a financial flop at the time and what a great shame. Universal obviously pulled out all the stops with this and everything about it is top notch. It was just a pity that they didn't film it in Technicolor which would have been the icing on the cake. Great performance too from David Niven who really at times seems very sinister in his unlikable role which was a very unusual role for him to play. Burgess Meredith is likewise very good and gives very admirable support to the main leads. Interesting to see Peggy Wood in it, as Dolly's mother, and , of course, she played Mother Abbess in the film version of "The Sound of Music". The movie, as always from the director, is beautifully photographed and wonderful direction to the actors obviously bringing out the best in all of them. Costumes, too, created by the great Travis Banton as well as Vera West. All in all great entertainment that one can now appreciate, despite awful reviews at the time as often happened from some of those so-called expert critics, whom one wonders sometimes if they even watched the film.
Review of Magnificent Doll
