I wonder why the remakes are almost always a poor copy of the original. This is a remake of Hungarian movie, Meseautó (dream car), an excellent movie, somewhat spoiled in this version.
The spoiling starts from the character of the heroine Vera Kovac (Vera Hart here). Whereas the Kovac was extremely naive, Hart has her 'wants', to satisfy them she goes around not only window, but to the extent of shop un-shopping. The character of Kovac, the unassuming and not-gold-digging girl, is one bordering on opposite here. I am overlooking the looks, Zita had naive and sweet look that Grete Mosheim didn't. One can argue that is not in her control, but the looks could be overcome by acting, which wasn't here, or may be the director didn't want it to be. Kovac was much more diffident (she didn't want to drive her car to the office, but had her dropped a block away, that she was seen by her boss was only a chance. Whereas Hart boldly got herself dropped at the office foot-steps. Naturally these would ring a bell on the suitor, who wanted a girl who wasn't after his gold, in one sweet, in other alarm. One most interesting part was the 10 thousandth customer part. hart specifically tells it to every body, but Kovac stops at a double entendre - I was number 10 thousand - which naturally is interpreted correctly (!) by all, considering the hero there was a known playboy (not here).
These and a lot of small things, which become eyesore, especially if one has seen the original. The music, could be an attraction here - that wasn't musical - but still the repulsion score over attraction.
My recommendation would be to skip this and see the original, that is worth, not this.
The spoiling starts from the character of the heroine Vera Kovac (Vera Hart here). Whereas the Kovac was extremely naive, Hart has her 'wants', to satisfy them she goes around not only window, but to the extent of shop un-shopping. The character of Kovac, the unassuming and not-gold-digging girl, is one bordering on opposite here. I am overlooking the looks, Zita had naive and sweet look that Grete Mosheim didn't. One can argue that is not in her control, but the looks could be overcome by acting, which wasn't here, or may be the director didn't want it to be. Kovac was much more diffident (she didn't want to drive her car to the office, but had her dropped a block away, that she was seen by her boss was only a chance. Whereas Hart boldly got herself dropped at the office foot-steps. Naturally these would ring a bell on the suitor, who wanted a girl who wasn't after his gold, in one sweet, in other alarm. One most interesting part was the 10 thousandth customer part. hart specifically tells it to every body, but Kovac stops at a double entendre - I was number 10 thousand - which naturally is interpreted correctly (!) by all, considering the hero there was a known playboy (not here).
These and a lot of small things, which become eyesore, especially if one has seen the original. The music, could be an attraction here - that wasn't musical - but still the repulsion score over attraction.
My recommendation would be to skip this and see the original, that is worth, not this.