The Courtship of Eddie's Father ( The Court ship of Eddie's Father )

The Courtship of Eddie's Father (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Court ship of Eddie's Father
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1963 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Vincente Minnelli

Written By:
Mark Toby
John Gay

Actors:
Glenn Ford ..... Tom Corbett
Shirley Jones ..... Elizabeth Marten
Stella Stevens ..... Dollye Daly
Dina Merrill ..... Rita Behrens
Roberta Sherwood ..... Mrs. Livingston
Ron Howard ..... Eddie Corbett
Jerry Van Dyke ..... Norman Jones

Synopsis:

Following the death of his wife Helen, Tom Corbett needs to adjust to a new bachelor life with his young son Eddie. Although they both dearly miss Helen, Tom and Eddie would like another woman to enter their lives as wife and mother. One woman already in their lives is Elizabeth Martin, a volunteer nurse, divorcée and Helen's best friend who lives next door. Tom and Elizabeth like each other as friends, as do Eddie and Elizabeth, but Tom and Elizabeth are constantly bickering and place walls up between each other in developing anything more serious. The first new woman to enter their lives does so for more pragmatic reasons - Tom hires a housekeeper, Mrs. Livingston, to tend to the domestic duties in the household. The second woman to enter their lives is Dolly Daily, a naive but attractive young woman from small town America who is in the big city solely to build up her self-confidence. Tom feels more protective toward Dolly than anything, and a business meeting Tom sets up between Dolly and Tom's womanizing colleague, Norman Jones, leads to a romance and ultimate marriage between the two. And the third woman to enter their lives is Rita Behrens, a chic fashion consultant. Tom and Rita immediately hit it off, but Eddie shows open disdain for Rita, solely because she has squinty eyes like all the 'bad' girls in the comic books. Tom and Eddie have a falling out because of what Tom sees as Eddie's irrational dislike for Rita. After a courtship, Tom asks Rita to marry him, an act that sparks two responses.

Glenn Ford stars as Tom Corbett, a newly widowed Manhattan radio executive who is beginning life alone with his young son (Ron Howard). But both are so busy being tough that they keep their grief pent up, until Eddie, finding one of his goldfish dead, has a terrifying meltdown; from then on, the slightest conflict or disappointment makes their exposed nerves silently shriek with agony. The plot turns on Tom's plan to marry a glamorous fashion consultant (Dina Merrill), despite Eddie's preference for his mother's best friend (Shirley Jones), a nurse, and, as Tom's grim veneer of corporate and paternal authority begins to crack, Ford unleashes awesome torrents of raw pain.

Eddie thinks it is time for his father to remarry. However, in his opinion his father's taste in women leaves much to be desired. He believes the girl next door would be a far better choice...

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 13 August, 2012.

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