Three Coins In the Fountain | Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire

Three Coins In the Fountain | Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire | One of the Most Romantic Beginnings in Any Hollywood Movie

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	Three Coins In the Fountain Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire 20th Century Fox, 2004 average customer review:based on 43 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Entertaining Romance

Don't listen to that malcontent Shadow Woman. This is an old-fashioned, lush romantic movie of the fifties. The scenery is beautiful as is Louis Jourdan. The plot is handled wonderfully. There are no boring stretches. The movie has funny moments, but the prevailing theme is unrequited love. Don't miss this movie.

One of the Most Romantic Beginnings in Any Hollywood Movie

I don't think you'll find much to top this opener, with the fountains of Rome being turned on one by one while Frank Sinatra croons an ulta-smooth rendition of the title song. Ohhhh!
This movie has a lot going for it after the opening song too, (unlike "Raintree County" for instance), so you'll be riveted to the screen. For starters, it's a wonderful travelogue of Rome, in glorious technicolor. And then, it boasts three of my favorite actors, none of whom ever gave a bad performance: Clifton Webb, Louis Jourdan, and Rosanno Brazzi.
These men each figure in a love story with one of three American secretaries living in Rome, respectively Dorothy McGuire, Maggie McNamara, and Jean Peters. In Webb's case, he is McGuire's boss, and has been totally unaware of her real feelings these past ten years. Jourdan is a wealthy playboy used to preying on innocent young girls who's having the tables turned on him by the very predatory McNamara. And lovelorn Rosanno Brazzi--who always makes my pulse flutter--has been pining after Peters, but afraid to tell her of his love, since he believes her engaged to another. How these unlikely scenarios resolve themselves is a delight for the viewer. Take my advice on this one: If you want to be swept away some night by romantic escapism, "Three Coins in the Fountain" is your best bet.

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hilariously trashy romantic fantasy

It's not up to "Rome Adventure" in awfulness, since it doesn't have Troy Donahue in it (a terrible oversight), but it does have Louis Jordan as some sort of Italian (!) royalty. It's a very pretty movie that makes as little sense as "How to Marry a Millionaire" and "The Best of Everything" (two other bloviated triumphs by the same director). Anyway, it's a terrible movie, and I really like it, although I think that TBOE is the better piece of trash (the ending is even more jaw-droppingly astonishing than this one).

Shallow plot, great cinematography

Shallow plot, characters not developed. Beautiful theme song.
Interesting that in one of the opening scenes two of the female
characters light up cigarettes. After the cigarettes are lighted
they disappear from the scene. There is one other scene in which
one of the women lights a cigarette. Since smoking has nothing to
do with the plot, this was undoubtedly a subtle message inserted by the producer at the request of the tobacco industry. I found it offensive and distracting.

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