{"id":10096,"date":"2009-11-30T17:24:10","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T00:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10096"},"modified":"2021-01-07T20:51:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T03:51:33","slug":"evergreen-1934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10096","title":{"rendered":"Evergreen (1934)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Do you mean that you think you can persuade the British public that this girl is the Harriet Green of Edwardian times?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Evergreen-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Evergreen-Poster-201x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-62171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Evergreen-Poster-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Evergreen-Poster-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Evergreen-Poster-181x270.png 181w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Evergreen-Poster.png 581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe daughter (Jessie Matthews) of deceased Edwardian music hall star Harriet Green (also Matthews) stages a &#8220;comeback&#8221; as her mother, convincing the public that Harriet Green is alive and well &#8212; but how long will her ruse last?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Singers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nOnce hailed as the &#8220;female Fred Astaire&#8221;, British singer\/dancer Jessie Matthews skyrocketed to international fame with this phenomenally popular romantic musical, featuring music by Rodgers and Hart. The rather implausible &#8220;mistaken identities&#8221; storyline &#8212; involving Matthews&#8217; rekindled affair with her dead mother&#8217;s aristocratic lover (Ivor McLaren), and her burgeoning love for the man passed off to the public as her grown son (Barry MacKay) &#8212; is flimsy but innocuous, and really just an excuse to let Matthews show off her impressive dancing chops and comedic delivery. Sadly, Matthews&#8217; fame never really went anywhere, and few film buffs today will recognize her name. As the most successful British film musical until 1960&#8217;s <em>Oliver!<\/em>, <em>Evergreen<\/em> is worth a look for historical purposes &#8212; but it&#8217;s not must-see viewing for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jessie Matthews as Harriet Green<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/evergreen-matthews.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/evergreen-matthews.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"465\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10098\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Several creatively staged dance sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/evergreen-dance1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/evergreen-dance1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"465\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10099\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/evergreen-dance2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/evergreen-dance2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"465\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10100\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look simply for Matthews&#8217; dance numbers, and for historical purposes. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0025094\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allmovie.com\/work\/evergreen-16198\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1935\/01\/11\/archives\/the-screen-jessie-matthews-in-evergreen-a-pleasing-screen-musical.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/64050\/evergreen.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Do you mean that you think you can persuade the British public that this girl is the Harriet Green of Edwardian times?&#8221; Synopsis: The daughter (Jessie Matthews) of deceased Edwardian music hall star Harriet Green (also Matthews) stages a &#8220;comeback&#8221; as her mother, convincing the public that Harriet Green is alive and well &#8212; but how long will her ruse last? Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Mistaken or Hidden Identities Musicals Play Adaptation Singers Review: Once hailed as the &#8220;female&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10096\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10096"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62172,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10096\/revisions\/62172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}