Product Details

• Actors: Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Leslie Nielsen, Mala Powers, Sidney Blackmer
• Directors: Joseph Pevney
• Writers: Cid Ricketts Sumner, Oscar Brodney
• Producers: Ross Hunter
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: January 20, 1993
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300184889
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,154 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Fun Romance Comedy

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53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fifties Fun with Debbie Reynolds!, November 25, 2001

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Kate McMurry "Young Adult Author" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tammy and The Bachelor [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is perhaps the only romantic comedy that Leslie Nielsen ever made, and he does a great job of it. He was a real hunk in his younger years! I'm also a big fan of Debbie Reynolds' movies from the Fifties and Sixties, and this is one of her better ones. It was a big box-office hit in 1957 and continues to wear well as a romantic comedy, though, of course, the attitudes toward women and African Americans will seem very paternalistic to many people today (though very accurate to the times).

Tammy Tyree is an uneducated orphan living on a riverboat on the Mississippi with her moonshiner grandpa (Walter Brennan) when a private plane crashes near them. While nursing its pilot, Pete (Leslie Nielsen), back to health, Tammy falls in madly in love with him. But Pete sees Tammy as a child (she is 17 and he is about 30). He does promise her grandfather that if anything ever happens to Grandpa, Pete will take in Tammy.

Soon after Pete leaves, Tammy has to take him up on his promise, because Grandpa is caught red-handed operating his still and hauled off to jail. After a long, tiring walk, tugging her goat behind her, Tammy is amazed to encounter the, to her, opulent lifestyle of Pete and his parents and aunt, who live on a rundown Southern plantation. She is terribly disappointed to discover Pete is engaged, but the relationship is rocky, because Pete wants to grow prize-winning tomatoes and save the plantation, while his fiancée wants him to move to the big city and work at her rich daddy's corporation. Meanwhile, Pete's best friend has been in love with Pete's fiancée for years, and begins to make moves on both her and Tammy while Pete is preoccupied with his tomatoes.

The song, "Tammy's In Love," sung very pleasingly by Debbie Reynolds in the film, was a big hit the year the film came out. Debbie was probably in her early twenties at the time and very pretty and perky. I found it fascinating to see Fay Wray of King Kong fame playing Pete's fifty-something mother. She looks beautiful. Mildred Natwick, a delightful comic actress, plays Pete's aunt and adds a lot to the story. I love Walter Brennan, a hugely talented comic actor. His portrayal of Grandpa was both warm and funny.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicate and Delightful, October 15, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Tammy and The Bachelor [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is just as the character Tammy herself, charming, kind, and good natured. It isn't driven by heavy, complicated themes, but does everything have to be? There is something of great value in simplicity and honesty. I much prefer them to arrogance and cruelty. When I think of a young girl in love, I will always see Debbie Reynolds at her windowsill, bathed in moonlight, singing Tammy. Tammy and Bachelor is a delightful, delicate movie, well worth watching.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tammy and the Bachelor, June 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Tammy and The Bachelor [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I absolutely love this movie. I haven't seen it enough. Debbie Reynolds singing is superb and Leslie Neilson is a real hunk. It is kind of corny but, its a great movie. I know all of the songs by heart and sing along everytime I watch it. However, I wish they would bring it out on DVD soon, I refuse to buy VHS.