5.7
Friends
1971
“"Eet ees magnifique". And it's all about the birds and the bees...and a lot of delightful people.”
The Happy Time (1952)
October 30, 19521h 34mEN
6.3
13 votes
Overview
A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.
Director
Richard FleischerWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Stanley Kramer ProductionsColumbia Pictures
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7.0Aside from "Treasure Island" (1950) this might be my favourite film featuring the charming Bobby Driscoll. He's the teenage "Robert/Bibi" who is completely oblivious to the affections of his next door neighbour because he only has eyes for the new maid "Mignonette" (Linda Christian). His obsessiveness starts to affect his schoolwork, and when the lovelorn "Peggy" (Marlene Cameron) doctors a rather risqué copy of "Paris Match" and gets him into hot water, things get so serious as to require the intervention of his dad (Charles Boyer) and two uncles (Louis Jourdan and Kurt Kasznar). They questio…
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