フレッド・アステアとレスリー・キャロンによるMGM製作のミュージカル。顔の知らない“足ながおじさん”に思いを寄せる孤児を中心に、優雅な踊りと歌を多く盛り込んだロマンティックな名作。
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監督: Jean Negulesco
脚本: Phoebe Ephron / Henry Ephron / Jean Webster
音楽: Cyril J. Mockridge / Alfred Newman
制作: Samuel G. Engel
撮影監督: Leon Shamroy
制作会社: 20th Century Fox
"Jervis" (Fred Astaire) comes from a distinguished line of American millionaires who is travelling through France one day with his savvy factotum "Griggs" (Fred Clark) when he alights on the orphaned "Julie" (the hugely charming Leslie Caron) who is teaching young kids with a contagious enthusiasm that encourages the wealthy man to facilitate her education at one of the colleges he just about owns in New England. She is excited about the prospect, but in best "Great Expectations" tradition, is unaware of the identity of her benefactor. She's grateful though, and regularly writes to him - letters that "Griggs" files rather than shares. This all becomes even more complicated when the girl becomes frustrated at the lack of responses and when two meet and begin to fall in love. "Something's Gotta Give" is the standard featured here, but there are plenty of other lively and perfectly choreographed numbers from two stars who gel well on screen together. Clark steals the show for me, his curmudgeonly but wily role well complemented by the occasional appearance of Thelma Ritter's "Alicia" and though it is certainly far too slow to get going - and is generally too long as well - the dynamic works well enough to keep a smile on your face for much of this gently simmering love story that has something of the "Cinderella" story to it.
