Product Details

• Actors: Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, Vic Damone, Fernando Lamas
• Directors: Norman Taurog
• Writers: Dorothy Cooper, Sidney Sheldon
• Producers: Joe Pasternak
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: February 24, 1995
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302747228
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,186 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good fun for Jane Powell fans, January 7, 2003

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CodeMaster Talon (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rich Young & Pretty [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this film several years ago, so my memory's a little rusty, but since there are no other reviews for "Rich, Young and Pretty" yet I'd thought I'd give a quick synopsis for those of you just browsing.

Jane Powell stars as a young Texan who is taken to Paris by her father, played by Wendell Corey. While there, she runs across her mother (Danielle Darrieux) , who is working in a night club with her boyfriend (the oh-so handsome Fernando Lamas). This turns out to be a problem, since Powell had been told by her father that her mother was deceased. Oops! Hilarity ensues. I wouldn't say this film is in the first or second tier of Powell pictures ("Two Weeks with Love" and "A Date With Judy" are my faves) and it does drag a bit in spots, but Jane is always a delight to watch and it does have it's bright spots. Among them is a charming rendition of "We Never Talk Much" , a fun song I really like.

You might want to check out "Rich, Young and Pretty" if you are a fan of Jane or old Technicolor musicals. Grade: B-

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rich Young and Pretty, May 30, 2010

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Kenneth B. Barrett - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rich; Young And Pretty (DVD)

I originally saw this movie when i was youg boy,{I am now 67 years old]. This film has stayed with me all these years .The musicals of the forties and thirtys were so good,the story lines were so simple and the movies of this time were entertaining and always refered to family values.As a youg boy Jane Powell was idle,and of course I still appreaciate her to this very day. i was a bit aprehensive in purchasing this copy ,but much to my surprise I found the print very good.I am looking forward to more musicals being produced on dvd.

Ken Barrett
Mooroolbark Vic Australia.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Musicals of the Fifties, February 9, 2006

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Norma Pressimone (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rich Young & Pretty [VHS] (VHS Tape)

- you can count this one among them. It is worthy of viewing and re-viewing especially since, "Wonder Why" sung superbly by Vic Damone was nominated as Best Song back in '51.

But this one's a-got-to-have IF you're a true Damone fan! As I was way too young to have seen this at its original release in 1951, it was a treat to see Vic at his youngest and in his most debonair role as Frenchman, Andre Milan. Miss Jane Powell, as well, cute as a button ....they sure made a bunch of movies together....(here she is as a strawberry blonde).

Vic is comfortably suited in the role luring the lovely
Liz (Jane) off her Texas ranch.

You'd be surprised as I, to see a youthful comic Hans Conreid ( got to be before joining the "Danny Thomas Show" cast) and of course, Fernando Lamas - two stars in their own genre...plus an agreeable up-tempo number by "The Four Freshman".
Remember this group ? But my greatest surprise was how come we in TV-movieland have never seen this one ?! This unknown film nicely blends together French charm and Texas ingenuity and truly would be a musical plus for Franco-American relations. Take the ageless "Deep in the Heart of Texas"
( cute little French version of it as well ).


Other tunes include: "There's Danger in Your Eyes" ( quick flashback to 1927 by a surprizing look-alike to Ms. Powell, Danielle Darrieux playing her long-forgotten mother )....the romantic, "I Can See You" (separated duet) and
another cutie is "We Never Talk Much" repeated much more convincingly by Vic and Jane singing also that great "The Old Piano Roll Blues" - another American classic.

MY PERSONAL RATING: C'est Meraviglie !