{"id":49617,"date":"2020-08-04T13:29:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49617"},"modified":"2021-01-23T14:26:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T21:26:55","slug":"moon-is-blue-the-1953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49617","title":{"rendered":"Moon is Blue, The (1953)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I really thought you were a nice girl &#8212; I really did.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moon-is-Blue-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moon-is-Blue-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moon-is-Blue-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moon-is-Blue-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moon-is-Blue-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA virginal aspiring actress (Maggie McNamara) accompanies an architect (William Holden) to his apartment, where she soon meets his embittered would-be girlfriend (Dawn Addams) and Addams&#8217; playboy father (David Niven) &#8212; who, naturally, becomes interested in McNamara.\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>David Niven Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Morality Police<\/li>\n<li>Otto Preminger Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<li>William Holden Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nOtto Preminger&#8217;s cinematic adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F._Hugh_Herbert\">F. Hugh Herbert&#8217;s<\/a> 1951 Broadway play was notorious for its open discussion of topics such as virginity, pregnancy, mistresses, and seduction; indeed, the entire storyline focuses on a refreshingly candid young woman (McNamara) who refuses to play romantic games, and isn&#8217;t afraid to voice exactly what she wants. While the film is very much of its era in terms of gender politics, it also plays with such notions openly &#8212; for instance, McNamara hopes to marry an older man and doesn&#8217;t mind if he already has kids, yet she&#8217;s more interested in cooking meals than living a pampered life. McNamara (who looks distractingly like Jean Simmons, though others have noted her resemblance to Debbie Reynolds) is well-cast in the lead role &#8212; and though her cadence-filled voice takes some getting used to, it&#8217;s at least distinctive. While the script is certainly no longer scandalous, the film remains an interesting historical glimpse into what once passed as controversial.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ernest Laszlo&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moon-is-Blue-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moon-is-Blue-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moon-is-Blue-Still.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moon-is-Blue-Still-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moon-is-Blue-Still-128x96.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046094\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1953\/07\/09\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-the-moon-is-blue-premingers-film-version-of.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/83928\/the-moon-is-blue#articles-reviews?articleId=338705\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-moon-is-blue\/review\/106652\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I really thought you were a nice girl &#8212; I really did.&#8221; Synopsis: A virginal aspiring actress (Maggie McNamara) accompanies an architect (William Holden) to his apartment, where she soon meets his embittered would-be girlfriend (Dawn Addams) and Addams&#8217; playboy father (David Niven) &#8212; who, naturally, becomes interested in McNamara. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: David Niven Films Love Triangle Morality Police Otto Preminger Films Play Adaptations Romantic Comedy Strong Females William Holden Films Review: Otto Preminger&#8217;s cinematic adaptation of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49617\"> 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-49617","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\/49617","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=49617"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65360,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49617\/revisions\/65360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}