
Three loosely connected love stories. The first story: Paula is a talented dancer who cannot truly live unless she dances. But has a heart condition, which means she cannot live if she does. The second story: Tommy despises his French tutor, and hates being a child. He wants to be an adult so he can do what he wants. He gets his wish, being transformed into a handsome young man for one evening, and learns about whole new side of his French tutor. Third story: Pierre Narval is... (Full plot summary below)
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Three loosely connected love stories. The first story: Paula is a talented dancer who cannot truly live unless she dances. But has a heart condition, which means she cannot live if she does. The second story: Tommy despises his French tutor, and hates being a child. He wants to be an adult so he can do what he wants. He gets his wish, being transformed into a handsome young man for one evening, and learns about whole new side of his French tutor. Third story: Pierre Narval is trapeze artist who gave it up when his partner died doing a dangerous stunt at his bidding. He rescues Nina, a beautiful young woman, after she throws herself into the Seine, and convinces her to become his new aerial partner. Her husband had been killed by the Nazis during the war, and she blames herself. They fall in love, which is tested when Nina must perform the stunt which killed Pierre's former partner.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyLike all anthologies, MGM's Stories of Three Loves is uneven: best segment is Mademoiselle, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring the grand Ethel Barrymore and the very young Ricky Nelson. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA decent middle-brow piece, with fine acting and lots of star power. |
| User ReviewCarena dMoira Shearer doing Ballet, Kirk Douglas flying Trapeze...all directed by Vincente Minnelli...what more do you need? |
| User ReviewSpencer LAnother great Minnelli film. It's a shame Shearer didn't make more films. |
| User ReviewMichael TOmnibus films were all the rage in the early 1950's and MGM jumped on the bandwagon with this one; because of the studio's star resources, Metro was able to pepper the film with many great performers, and added director Vincente Minnelli (along with Gottfried Reinhardt) for good measure. The result is an uneven experience, with Minnelli's "Mademoiselle" segment standing out. |
| User ReviewScott Rall star irectors & all star cast makes this technicolor melodrama anthology go we find the gr8 Moira Shearer as u guessed it still hopelessly typecast post 'the red shoes' as another ballet dancer |
| User ReviewBen WThe first "story" was kind of interesting, but not great. The second "story" was boring and the children actors (including Ricky Nelson) were god-awful. The third "story" felt about two hours long, and never once felt like it needed to be that length. Overall, a pretty boring experience, despite having some high-profile actors. |