Today’s movie is a musical comedy with a scene that happens
on April 15. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
Tomboy Molly becomes a saloon
singer and weds miner Johnny Brown. Although she accidentally burns the $300,000
he got for selling a silver claim, Johnny soon discovers a rich gold vein. They
move to Denver but are snubbed by society as being nouveau riche. They go to
Europe and return with some friends from the European elite who Molly plans to
introduce to Denver society. This plan is destroyed when Johnny’s rude and
uncouth pals crash the party. Molly returns to Europe alone and is wooed by
Prince Louis de Laniere, but decides to stay married to Johnny. She returns to
the USA, but unfortunately books passage on the RMS Titanic. When it
hits an iceberg, Molly becomes a hero, saving several other passengers before
the ship sinks early in the morning of April 15, 1912. [2:04:44 to 2:06:15].
Her bravery is international news and she returns home to be welcomed by both
Johnny and Denver society.
Pure entertainment.
Titanic on Trial by Nic Compton (Bloomsbury, New
York, 2012) at page 9 tells when the ship sank
Producer - Lawrence Weingarten
Director - Charles Walters
Screenwriter - Helen Deutsch
Awards – The film was nominated
for the Best Actress (Reynolds), Best Color Art Direction, Best Color
Cinematography, Best Color Costume Design, Best Original Score and Best Sound
at the 37th Academy Awards.
Released – June 11, 1964
Runtime – 2 hours 8 minutes
Starring –
Debbie Reynolds as Molly Brown
Harve Presnell as Johnny Brown
Ed Begley as Shamus Tobin
Jack Kruschen as Christmas Morgan
Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Grogan
Vassili Lambrinos as Prince Louis de Lanière
Martita Hunt as Grand Duchess Elise Lupovinova
Harvey Lembeck as Polak
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015
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