The Unsinkable Molly Brown

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The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1964,

2h 8m,

Musical/

Comedy

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Molly Brown (Debbie Reynolds) is determined to rise from her country roots and marry a rich man. She finds one in Johnny Brown (Harve Presnell), who's just sold off his lucrative claim on a Colorado silver mine. With the cash hidden in a stove, Molly accidentally burns it. But Johnny soon strikes it rich in gold, making the pair Denver royalty. But money doesn't ensure happiness and, with their union on the rocks, Molly travels to Europe -- before making an eventful return trip on the Titanic.

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Joan Didion

Vogue

Mar 16, 2020

Molly Brown is lively and fun, an exercise in those homely sentiments we learned as children, thrived upon, and, sometimes to our regret, outgrew.

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Renee Schonfeld

Common Sense Media

Feb 7, 2017

4/5

Debbie Reynolds is center stage in spirited 1964 musical.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 4, 2008

B-

Debbie Reynolds received her only Oscar nomination for playing the title role of this artistically mediocre but commercially popular musical comedy about the rags to riches of the Denver heroine who was also a passenger on the Titanic.

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Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

Oct 10, 2005

3/5

Razzle-dazzle biopic kept afloat by a determined Reynolds.

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Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi

Broomfield Enterprise

Jun 11, 2004

3/5

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Aug 14, 2003

3/5

There's a reason why Charles Walters' musicals are less remembered than Stanley Donen's.

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Albus R

Oct 6, 2018

Lively MGM musical based on a true story with an energetic, Oscar-nominated performance from Debbie Reynolds; Harve Presnell made his film debut and sings Meredith Willson's score beautifully.

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Hermione W

Jan 26, 2018

Corny. But nice ruckus-frolic numbers.

Anakin S

Jan 29, 2017

A very disappointing musical from the composer and lyricist of The Music Man. The music is mediocre, surprising coming from Willson. Debbie Reynolds overacts and underacts her way through what is a pretty corny Hollywood movie. If you want to see Debbie in a great Hollywood musical, watch Singin' in the Rain, a much better example of her acting and dancing talents which were great. So I blame the stilted, high-school level acting on the director, Charles Waters, who was opposed to Reynolds in the first place. Frankly, this movie is kind of a second-rate copy of Annie Get Your Gun. It is hard to believe it was made in 1964, and not 1944 or 1954. It is that corny and badly acted.

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Ron P

Jun 15, 2011

This may be my Favorite Debbie Reynolds Movie.She Certainly Acted the Heck out of it as the Loud, Overbearing, Strong,Socially Unsophisticated, but Lovable Molly Brown who comes into Oil Money Overnight.They Climb the Social Ladder by Shoving those on the Ladder Rungs aside while she steps on by them with a Friendly Howdy.All her Outlandish History is Great Fun, but what makes her a Heroine of History is that she is one of the True Life Survivors of the Titanic & her Spirit & Courage that gave her the Nckname , is the driving force behind her saving many other people from drowning on that Fated Day.This is a Story of Spirit, Courage, & Kindness that everyone should Delight In.

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Charles Walters

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Debbie Reynolds

Molly Brown

Harve Presnell

John J. 'Johnny' Brown

Ed Begley

Shamus Tobin

Jack Kruschen

Christmas Morgan

Hermione Baddeley

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Synopsis

Molly Brown (Debbie Reynolds) is determined to rise from her country roots and marry a rich man. She finds one in Johnny Brown (Harve Presnell), who's just sold off his lucrative claim on a Colorado silver mine. With the cash hidden in a stove, Molly accidentally burns it. But Johnny soon strikes it rich in gold, making the pair Denver royalty. But money doesn't ensure happiness and, with their union on the rocks, Molly travels to Europe -- before making an eventful return trip on the Titanic.

Director: Charles Walters
Producer: Lawrence Weingarten
Screenwriter: Helen Deutsch
Distributor: Warner Home Vídeo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 11, 1964, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 2h 8m

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