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The first (and last) movie that Liberace ever did. He plays a brilliant concert pianist named Anthony Warren. He also has a gruff but lovable manager (William Demarest), a secretary who secretly loves him (Joanne Dru) and a beautiful woman (Dorothy Malone) who inexplicably also loves him and wants to marry him. The first 45 minutes or so are OK. It sets up the characters and has Liberace playing the piano a lot--and he was good. Then he starts to go deaf...and the film falls to pieces. The music stops and ridiculous dramatics take over. Liberace was known for his piano playing---why give him drama to do? He simply can't act and his attempts at emoting are painful to watch. Malone and Dru are also shamefully wasted. Only Demarest is any good. It's shot in rich beautiful color and has a totally improbable happy ending. This was a disaster at the box office and quickly forgotten. Bad and boring. Skip it.
score 1/10
preppy-3 6 May 2018
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