BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Tweekums Blake Washburn returns to his home town after serving two years in the state senate. He is more than a little bitter and when he gets a job as editor of his uncle's newspaper he sets his sights on big business; in particular a company owned by the father of the man who beat him in the election. Initially he hopes to condemn the company for polluting the river but it turns out they take pollution control seriously. His next move is to condemn the huge profits such companies make; this proves popular with readers so he continues his campaign. When the owner of the company approaches him to put the other side of the story; one that speaks of how big business has advanced the country he isn't interested… then his little sister is caught up in an accident and he sees that if it weren't for the help of the companies he condemns and the equipment they make she would have died.This story starts well enough as we see how Blake is more interested in running a campaign that will ultimately lead to his re-election and trashing his adversaries than anything else… if these issues really mattered to him he would surely have raised them when he was a senator. Later when we his sister is almost killed in an accident the film suddenly feels like propaganda for big business that even committed capitalists will find it as subtle as a brick to the head. While I doubt many viewers will think his sister might die the accident scene and subsequent rescue are pretty tense. The cast does a good job bringing their characters to life; most notably Jeffrey Lynn as Washburn and Alan Hale Jr. as his friend and co-worker Slim Haskins who thinks the campaign is going too far and is too one-sided. There is also a small but notable early performance from Marilyn Monroe as a worker in the newspaper office. Overall I certainly wouldn't call this a must see film unless you are a Marilyn Monroe completist but it is a decent enough film and at only an hour in length you won't waste too much time watching it.

kcweber The cover of this DVD caught my eye as I was walking by the bargain bin. Being a Marilyn fan I was caught by the large "Starring Marilyn Monroe" on the cover along with an equally large photo of a young Marilyn. I decided for $3.99 it was worth buying.I'm not sure if this constitutes a "spoiler" or not, but Marilyn is in 3 scenes and speaks 3 1/2 (maybe 4) lines of dialog. Not exactly what I'd call a "starring" role. But then, she is wearing tight sweaters in her scenes, so I wasn't totally disappointed (there, I said it).It was also nice seeing The Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.) wearing something other then a blue shirt and a captain's hat.Being only about an hour long (it was the first half of a double feature, the other half being a James Cagney film), I didn't feel like I had wasted time seeing the movie. In fact, the story really wasn't that bad, the packaging was just a little misleading.

ma-cortes An ex-politician called Blake Washburn (Jeffrey Lynn) and now an ambitious journalist blames a manager and Senator McFarland (Donald Crisp) for election as a senator but he was defeated . Then he denounces the big business in a newspaper called ¨The Herald¨ . He confronts his enemy by means of news , complaining about the profits melon and excessive richness of stockholders . At the newspaper works a gorgeous secretary called Iris (Marilyn Monroe) . When an unfortunate fact happens , his small sister is trapped into a mine , Washburn ought to examine his point of views and consider the profits to the customer .The film contains social critical , drama and a little bit of comedy . The picture is short time , one hour approximately , for that reason is quickly seen and isn't boring . This is one of a handful of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer productions of the 1950-1951 period whose original copyrights were never renewed and are now apparently in Public Domain . It appears notorious secondary actors as Donald Crisp (How green was my valley), he makes an intelligent speech about profits . And , of course , Marilyn Monroe , before becoming famous with Niagara (1953) she acted in various roles as a blonde sexpot secretary . Marilyn Monroe was often expected to provide her own wardrobe , in fact , the sweater with the grey body and black sleeves that she wears worn previously in Fireball (1950) and in the final scene in All about Eva (1950). The motion picture was regularly directed by Arthur Pierson . Rating : passable and entertaining.

mccunetv Yes I bought the DVD because of the Marilyn Monroe connection, but found a 1951 movie that was quite compelling as typical of the era: Yes, McCarthyism was raging, and the film had an "america is great" message. But that's all right. It was a good "morality story". Well written. Enjoyable (and this from a big liberal). Allen Hale Jr. is great as the reporter and former WWII Sea-Bee. And I love the character actress who plays the Society Reporter at the newspaper. And, of course, Marjery Reynolds had a great career on early television, shortly after this film.But the best performance - great despite the fact that it is the vehicle to please the "anti Communist" / Black-list fear of 1951, is that of Donald Crisp: an incredible actor!!