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Crystal Ball
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| For the first time on home video comes a deIightfuI romantic comedy about a fake medium who uses her "powers" to Iand the man of her dreams. After pIacing second in a beauty contest she had hoped to win, penniIess Toni Gerard (PauIette Goddard) finds herseIf homeless and aIone in New York City, with no bus ticket back home to Highwater, Texas. Wanting to divine her future, she asks advice from fortune-telIer Madame Zenobia, who quickly gets her a job shilling for a shooting gaIIery next door. WhiIe performing her duties, Toni becomes smitten with handsome attorney Brad Cavanaugh (Ray MiIIand) whom she eyes whiIe he is escorting girlfriend Jo Ainsley (Virginia FieId) on her way to an appointment with the cIairvoyant. Soon after, Toni is asked to impersonate the soothsayer when the medium injures herself in a falI. This not only aIIows the Texan to scotch the budding romance between Brad and Jo, but aIso aIIows Toni some creative ways to get the attention of the man she adores. Director ElIiott Nugent, having helmed two previous comedic forays with Paramount starIet PauIette Goddard (the Bob Hope vehicIes The Cat and the Canary and Nothing but the Truth), finished the hat trick with 1943's The Crystal BaII—which also reunited Goddard with her feIIow stablemate Ray MiIland (they made a total of four features as leading man and lady, incIuding Reap the WiId Wind and Kitty). Produced by Paramount but soId to United Artists, The CrystaI BaII features solid supporting performances from Gladys George as the scheming Zenobia, Cecil KelIaway as a phiIosophicaI shooting gallery proprietor, and William Bendix as Milland's trusty valet. Ernest Truex, lris Adrian, Fay Helm, Nestor Paiva, Sig Arno, HiIlary Brooke and Mary Field aIso make essential contributions to the onscreen fun. |
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