Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
by Irving Pichel
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Actor: Andrea King, Ann Blyth, Clinton Sundberg, Irene Hervey, William PowellDirector: Irving Pichel
Cinematographer: Russell Metty
Editor: Marjorie Fowler
Producer: Gene Fowler Jr.
Producer: Nunnally Johnson
Writer: Nunnally Johnson
Writer: Constance Jones
Writer: Guy Jones
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 89 minutes
Published: 1996-05
Release Date: 1992-05-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Lions Gate/Republic Ent.
Studio: Lions Gate/Republic Ent.
VHS Movie Reviews of Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Movie Review: Movie created great memories
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this as a kid and still have fond memories of it.
I would love to have it on DVD.
I am a huge mermaid fan and I think this movie inspired it.
There is debate whether or not he imagined her or not.
I think in this movie she was real and he did experience all those things that happened.
The end where he gave his wife a hairpiece that belonged to the mermaid.
That tore me apart.
He was in love with the mermaid and yet felt the need to be " in love" with his wife.
He had to make a choice whether or not to stay with someone he fell in love with , someone that made him feel young, wanted, and loved.
Or to honor his marriage vows.
And build on his marriage again.
No other mermaid movie has ever captured the emotion or magic for me.
especially being childern and not seeing it for alot of years.
Maybe I would see things differently now that I am older,
but I am sure the magic would still be there.
Movie Review: dvd long overdue
Summary: 5 Stars
Surely the studio can clean up the print of this extraordinary film! Fans are waiting to buy. Is any one listening?Movie Review: William Powell's Touching Portrayal of Age
Summary: 5 Stars
Unlike the relatively recent Splash, which jump-started the career of a young TV star Tom Hanks into the ranks of movie superstardom, Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid goes about the Mermaid story from the opposite side of the romantic spectrum. Furthermore, it does so with more sophistication and a greater sense of discernment into what lies behind the allure of such a mythical creature as a mermaid - (Hint, it's not non-stop coupling atop the refrigerator.) In this early version, the aging Mr. Peabody's sense of youth slipping away forever becomes so strong that he actually comes to believe in his mermaid, when we and everyone else are left to wonder just what it is he thinks he has discovered. Despite a serious illness during the shooting, paralleling the script's opening, Powell carries off this thespian slight-of-hand with practiced aplomb, and by the time the movie ends we realize we, like the mermaid, have also been caught and intriqued.
The excellent cast never overdoes the fantasy, and the graceful whimsy carries through without a hitch. Ms. Blyth, who played Joan Crawford's daughter in Mildred Pierce just two years previously, and was nominated for an Academy award as best supporting actress, conveys a totally different female persona here, capturing to a remarkable degree the perfect balance of naiviete and coquetry - if only actresses today might underplay their roles with such quietude and disarming ease.
Hopefully this will be released on DVD, along with a restored version of those other two fine films Powell made late in his career, Life With Father, and The Senator Was Indiscreet.
Movie Review: CLASSIC 1940'S VERSION OF SPLASH!!
Summary: 5 Stars
THIS IS A CHARMING AND FUNNY ROMANTIC COMEDY FROM THE 1940'S.
THE PERFORMANCES ARE VERY GOOD AND THE STORY IS VERY CUTE!!
IT PLAYS LIKE A 1940'S VERSION OF SPLASH AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!! I AWAIT IT'S DVD RELEASE!!
THIS IS A SWEET MERMAID MOVIE THAT IS FROM DAYS GONE BY!
THEY DON'T MAKE MOVIES LIKE THIS ANYMORE!!
ANN BLYTH MAKES A BEAUTIFUL MERMAID!!
Movie Review: DVD PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This a great old film that deserves to be on DVD. I'm sure there are many Boomers out there that remember this film and would vote for its release to DVD. Thanks, Anita
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