John Loves Mary

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Steve D @RT35616104 Aug 8, 2026 The line readings were too stiff for me. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 May 21, 2019 John Love Mary is an okay film. It is about a GI marries the English girlfriend of his best friend to get her into the U.S. for his friend who lost track of her in the war. Ronald Reagan and Jack Carson give decent performances. The script is a little slow in places. David Butler did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the humor and romance. See more Apr 9, 2019 This play ran on Broadway for a very long time and the chemistry between the young actors was palpable, according to contemporaneous reviews. Warner's B-movie company put together this movie, casting a forty-something Ronald Reagan, with limited acting skills, and a newly-minted Patricia Neal, with almost no acting skills at all. The cast had almost no chemistry and was substantially older than the returning GIs and postwar brides of the play. All of this made a difference. The play was unmistakably good, having sold out its theatre for years. John Loves Mary, the movie, fell flat from the beginning, mainly because when you're dealing with a farce like a Norman Krasna play, you'd better get all your other soldiers in a row. A troupe of older actors, not used to doing this as a play, and not experiencing any chemistry or camaraderie between them, cannot easily force this on their audience. A Krasna play had to be done with precision and care. The play carried if off. The movie did not. See more Apr 8, 2019 Patricia Neal is dreadful in her role, absolutely pathetic in her overcooked line delivery and facial mugging. Jack Carson only slightly better. Nothing works in this dumb, completely unfunny movie. Just confirms that Ronnie Reagan was smart to bail from show biz to politics. See more Jan 22, 2014 one of ronnies better efforts See more May 11, 2012 A move full of laughs. See more Read all reviews

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