Kirpianuscus a romantic comedy. maybe, a perfect one. because it has all expected ingredients. and, sure, the right actors . it is amusing and touching and courageous. and James Stewart gives his the best in a role who, at the first sigh, reminds many others. because it is so simple. a dysfunctional family, a seductive young woman, a secret and the glamour of Ginger Rogers. all as part of a so contemporary film, ironic, great and real lovely.

calvinnme ...because your whirlwind courtship may not be the whole truth.The small university in the town where the Morgans live is practically a cottage industry for the family where Peter Morgan, Sr. (Charles Coburn) is university president, and his son Peter Jr. (James Stewart) is associate professor of botany being groomed to be president like his dad someday. Peter is sent to New York City by his dad to retrieve his cousin Keith who has taken up with a dance hall performer (Ginger Rogers as Francey). Keith sets up Peter to be embarrassed with a dirty trick that backfires and Francey and Pete hit it off and leave the dance hall to get to know each other.Pete and Francey spend the entire night walking the streets of New York, even bonding over corn on the cob in the park in the middle of the night. Not even Rudy Giuliani could ever dream of a New York this safe. They eat breakfast together and get married that morning. The chemistry between Rogers and Stewart is electric, and that may be because they had been an item in real life or maybe it was just because they were great actors, but it is palpable to anybody who can see. When they look into each others' eyes it is like they are mutually hypnotized.So Peter, Francey, and Keith come back on the train to New Sharon, and Pete plans to tell his parents right away...BUT...the train is met by Pete's dragon lady of a presumed fiancée, Helen (Frances Mercer), picked out by Pete's dad. In fact she is like Pete's dad in every way as far as being a dominating personality. Days drag on, and every time Pete plans to tell his parents something happens - usually some comic misunderstanding or it is just Pete Sr. talking over and walking on his son like he has done his entire life. The impression the family gets is that because Francey gets off the train and goes off with Keith is that she is the dance hall girl in question and Keith has dared to bring her back with him.Francey tries to be a good sport about all of the delays and misunderstandings but eventually she comes to the conclusion that the man she loves is a wimp who cannot stand up to his own father. It would be easy to just take her side and be mad at Peter for not being his own man, but Stewart plays the part very sympathetically. After all, he's been under dad's thumb for 26 years and only married for a few days.How will this all work out? Watch and find out. Beulah Bondi is endearing as Peter's mother who likes Francey from the beginning, as they share a split cigarette in the ladies' room, even before she knows who she is.

writers_reign I freely admit to a penchant for the light and even 'screwball' comedies of the 30s/40s and so never having seen or even heard of Vivacious Lady I snapped it up when I found it on a budget CD, on the strength of the two leads and the director. Viewing it for the first time in 2016 I found it somewhat pedestrian and predictable and, given the talent listed above, something of a disappointment and I attributed this to the third key element in any movie, i.e. the writing. Rogers was served much better by Billy Wilder in The Major And The Minor, and had more chemistry with David Niven in Bachelor Mother. This is not to say that Vivacious Lady is a total dog or even unwatchable; it is certainly watchable - once.

utgard14 A young professor (Jimmy Stewart) meets a nightclub singer (Ginger Rogers) and it's love at first sight. After a whirlwind courtship, the two marry. He takes her home to meet his conservative parents, but when he gets there he chickens out of telling them about their marriage. The rest of the movie is Jimmy trying to work up the nerve to tell them while everybody gets the wrong idea about Ginger.Ginger's great and she does have nice chemistry with Jimmy. The problem is Jimmy's character is so weak that it's hard to sympathize with him. As the movie progresses you find yourself thinking that Ginger could (and should) do better. It's still enjoyable, helped by a great cast. Love the catfight scene. But something is definitely missing. See it for Ginger because she's terrific in this.