In romantic Paris, girlish Ambassador's daughter Olivia de Havilland (as Joan Fisk) entertains dignified Myrna Loy, the wife of visiting US Senator Adolphe Menjou (as Jonathan Cartwright). While modeling "Christian Dior" clothing, Ms. De Havilland attracts handsome young American servicemen John Forsythe (as Daniel "Danny" Sullivan) and finds herself invited to dinner. Though American, and engaged to a French man, de Havilland decides to go out with Mr. Forsythe and pose as a French model. She wants to prove, "The American enlisted man is not a mucker" (defined in my search as "a rough or coarse person")...
Since we know how this story will end, the fun is in seeing how the couple gets there - but there isn't much fun to be had. Norman Krasna provides his star with a big, colorful landscape. The screen is filled sometimes, most strikingly with feather-fanned strippers; however, this plays more like an anomaly with this cast. At the end of the 1940s, de Havilland had become one of filmdom's most respected, awarded and admired dramatic actresses - here, she seems to be going backwards. Alas, roles for women after age 20 were not plentiful and the competition for the few good scripts was fierce. At least we have Paris...
***** The Ambassador's Daughter (7/26/56) Norman Krasna ~ Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Menjou
Since we know how this story will end, the fun is in seeing how the couple gets there - but there isn't much fun to be had. Norman Krasna provides his star with a big, colorful landscape. The screen is filled sometimes, most strikingly with feather-fanned strippers; however, this plays more like an anomaly with this cast. At the end of the 1940s, de Havilland had become one of filmdom's most respected, awarded and admired dramatic actresses - here, she seems to be going backwards. Alas, roles for women after age 20 were not plentiful and the competition for the few good scripts was fierce. At least we have Paris...
***** The Ambassador's Daughter (7/26/56) Norman Krasna ~ Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Menjou