Neptune's Daughter

Neptune's Daughter (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1949 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Edward Buzzell

Written By:
Dorothy Kingsley

Actors:
Esther Williams ..... Eve Barrett
Red Skelton ..... Jack Spratt
Ricardo Montalban ..... José O'Rourke
Betty Garrett ..... Betty Barrett
Keenan Wynn ..... Joe Backett
Xavier Cugat ..... Himself
Ted de Corsia ..... Lukie Luzette
Mike Mazurki ..... Mac Mozolla
Mel Blanc ..... Pancho
George Mann ..... Tall Wrangler
Frank Mitchell ..... Little Wrangler

Synopsis:

Joe Backett and Eve Barrett, the latter acting as chief designer and swimmer model, operate the Neptune Swimwear Company. Eve's scatterbrained and man-hungry sister Betty Barrett also works with them. Joe, who is in love with Eve, suggests they put on an underwater spectacle in honor of a visiting South American polo team captained by José O'Rourke. When the inexperienced Betty goes to the polo field looking for a visiting polo player with whom to fall in love, she meets who she believes is José. Who she actually has met is Jack Spratt, the equally as inexperienced local masseur for the polo teams. Jack does not correct Betty's misconception as he believes she would never date a regular fella like him. Wanting to protect her inexperienced sister from an experienced South American athlete, Eve forbids the actual José from dating Betty. José, having never met Betty, agrees only on the condition that Eve go out with him instead. For José, it's love at first sight with Eve. Things get complicated when Betty and Jack (pretending to be José) get serious, and Eve and José get serious, with Joe wanting to get José out of the way, and Eve not wanting to feel anything for José if only to protect Eve from getting hurt. A local mobster who thinks he can make some easy money if José doesn't show up for the scheduled polo match adds further complications to the proceedings.

Esther Williams and Red Skelton share equal screen time for once in the MGM Technicolor musical Neptune's Daughter. The title character is, of course, Williams, here cast as Eve Barrett, a bathing-suit manufacturer (and sometimes model). Skelton plays Jack Spratt, the masseur at a fancy polo club, who falls for Eve's sister (Betty Garrett). To prove worthy of her love, Jack poses as dashing Latin polo star Jose O'Rourke (Ricardo Montalban), resulting in a wealth of comic complications. The slapstick setpieces include a hilarious horse-mounting routine and a climactic set-to between Skelton and petty crook Mike Mazurki; there's also a few inspired moments from Mel Blanc, cast as a slow-talking Mexican. While Xavier Cugat is on hand as 'himself,' the film's musical high point is the Oscar-winning {&Baby It's Cold Outside}, performed first by Williams and Montalban and then by Skelton and Garrett.

Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister Eve fears Betty's heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O'Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 14 May, 2011.

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