LastingAware The greatest movie ever!

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Inmechon The movie's only flaw is also a virtue: It's jammed with characters, stories, warmth and laughs.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

MartinHafer When this film begins, you see Margie (Jeanne Crain) with her teenage daughter. She begins to reminisce and soon the film jumps back to 1928 when Margie was in high school. While bright and capable, Margie is a bit of a klutz. She's also smitten with her next-door neighbor's boyfriend, Johnny (Conrad Janis of all people!), but I agree with Margie's grandma...he's a bit of an idiot. She's also smitten with her French teacher, Mr. Fontayne (Glenn Langan) and folks all around Margie seem to be encouraging this! Think about it....a girl of perhaps 16 or 17 being encouraged by her friends, family and even faculty to date the French Teacher!! Things really, really have changed as today schools would fire any teacher who began making overtures towards one of their students...and yet in this film it's quite acceptable and even normal. Additionally, Roy (Alan Young) is quite smitten by her. So who will the lucky guy be?All in all, this slice of life film is expertly done...but also creepy as can be! They also WAY overdid the bloomers bit! Changing times and changing standards make this one a difficult film to love, though everyone associated with the picture did a very nice job with this one.

kidboots Jeanne Crain and Gene Tierney, two of the most beautiful stars of the 1940s, were both at the same studio, 20th Century Fox, but now while Tierney has achieved almost cult status, Crain is just a glamorous footnote. Even in the film they made together, "Leave Her to Heaven", while Tierney received an Oscar nomination, Crain was merely beautiful decoration. "Margie" was exactly what fans wanted to see Jeanne in and she was pushed to the top of stardom - her fan mail was second only to Betty Grable's and she received over 2,000 letters a week. The critics praised her freshness and wistfulness, she earned a cover on Life magazine and the movie, a charmingly sentimental journey down memory lane grossed 4.1 million.Tidying up the attic with her daughter (Ann E. Todd) Margie remembers Central High when she was an eager teenager. It was a time of Rudy Vallee, raccoon coats - and bloomers with broken elastic!! Falling bloomers and Margie were constant companions, she was always having to excuse herself and armed with a safety pin find a very quiet corner - until she finds the easiest solution is to just faint!!! It is during one of these "accidents" that she happens to meet the new French teacher Mr. Fontaine (Glen Langan - the "Amazing Colossal Man") in the library. Another of Margie's trials and tribulations (along with her nervous stutter) is her outspoken grandmother (Esther Dale) who keeps chains by the fireside that she used when, many years before, she chained herself to the White House in order to make sure women got the vote. With her bluntness and her oft expressed wish that Margie will someday be President is it any wonder that Margie doesn't get many visitors!!!That leaves Margie lots of time to be champion debator and top of her French class. One of the year's highlights is the Senior debate. It is a deadly affair, as one of the students says "It's like "Old Man River" - it just keeps rolling along" but Margie's inspirational speech on "Why Soldiers Should Keep Out of Nicaragua" is the hit of the evening, especially with her father who eventually makes Nicaragua his life's work!!! The prom provides the dramatic part of the movie. When her faithful beau Roy (Alan Young of "Mr. Ed" fame) finds he can't take her, her grandmother organises that her father will escort her as a surprise. Then Mr. Fontaine arrives with her test results but Margie mistakenly thinks he is her date. Being a 1940s 20th Century Fox Technicolor movie you know what to expect. Margie is pleased as punch to go with her father and after being the Belle of the Ball and yet another fainting fit, is taken home by - her future husband!!!!Barbara Lawrence, better known for "The Street With No Name" played Margie's "friend" Maybelle. There are plenty of old time songs played throughout the movie - "A Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich and You", "Avalon", "My Time is Your Time", "I'll See You in My Dreams", "Collegiate", "April Showers" etc often sung by Jeanne Crain although her voice was dubbed by Louanna Hogan.

efisch I've seen this movie a number of times over the last 40 years (though it's rarely shown on TV). It can only be described as "Enchanting". Beautiful Technicolor photography by Charles Clarke with very unusual use of lighting and shadows. Some scenes are almost exclusively shot in silhouette. You won't see more beautiful color effects. The story is very light but truly enjoyable. Filled with music, it's almost a musical. The music very effectively highlights the story and sets the period (1920s). Excellent performances all around. Direction by the great Henry King is sensitive and touching. It's the overall effect that is so delightful. If I recall from an old AMC showing, the outdoor scenes were shot in Reno, Nevada (you can see the Sierra Nevada's in the background). Also, this was a short-lived TV show in the late 1950's--early 1960'S. This is one of my favorites movies and hopefully yours. Enjoy!

Dan-13 There are certain movies that just leave you with a warm glow, no matter how many times you watch them. "Margie" is one of those, a sweet, nostalgic lollipop of a movie whose chief purpose is to entertain and delight.Jeanne Crain, an actress who has never quite gotten the credit she deserves, is a true revelation in this movie. She manages to make Margie charming without being winsome, strong without being overbearing. Whether getting laughs with her exaggerated gestures during a high school debate or dealing with her constantly droopy bloomers, Ms. Crain sparkles and lights up the screen for the entire 94 minutes. Also amusing is Alan Young, as the cow-eyed, poetry-spouting geek who only has eyes for Margie.Though Glenn Langan is a bit of a bore as Margie's French teacher--a sort of Humbert Humbert-lite--the rest of the cast is excellent. Conrad Janis is properly smarmy as a Sheik in raccoon's clothing, Barbara Lawrence terrific as a flirty flapper and Esther Dale amusing as Margie's free-thinking grandma. As Granny's housekeeper, Hattie McDaniel is, as always, a welcome presence."Margie" is the very definition of a feel-good movie. After all is said and done, there is really only one "Margie."