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| Bob Cummings and Lizabeth Scott |
PAID IN FULL (1950). Director: William Dieterle.
"Youth should be a blessing, not an apology."
Jane Langley (Lizabeth Scott) makes continual sacrifices for her spoiled sister, Nancy (Diana Lynn), and even steps aside when both women fall in love with the same man, Bill Prentice (Robert Cummings). Bill and Nancy get married but he soon realizes that he got hitched to the wrong sister. Nancy is too selfish and immature to make a good wife or mother, but both Jane and Bill are too dumb to see it. When a tragedy involving a child occurs, no one seems to be held responsible for it. Meanwhile Dean Martin sings "You're Wonderful" on the soundtrack and Eve Arden, playing an arch gal named "Tommy," delivers her advice in her usual sardonic style.
Paid in Full is somewhat absorbing romantic schlock with generally credible performances. Others in the cast include Ray Collins of Perry Mason as a doctor, John Bromfield and Dorothy Adams, as well as Charles Bradstreet and Carol Channing in bits. Lizabeth Scott [I Walk Alone] delivers each and every line in a beatific style that makes her come off like the biggest sap on the planet. Shot by Leo Tover and with a score by Victor Young. William Dieterle also directed Dark City with Scott.
Cummings with Diana Lynn
Verdict: Not one of the great classics of Hollywood. **1/4.
2 comments:
Scott and Cummings, ditto, they never made a strong impression on me, even though they appeared in some very good films over the years.
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Cummings was essentially a comedian who kept getting cast in serious films he wasn't suited for, although he did his best. In the right role Scott could make an impression but she could also be miscast.
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