People Will Talk

Product Description:
A dedicated physician/professor espouses some controversial theories then further scandalizes the university community by marrying a student who just happens to be pregnant.Studio: TcfheRelease Date: 01/06/2004Starring: Cary Grant Finlay CurrieRun time: 92 minutesRating: Nr

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After winning consecutive best director Oscars (for A Letter to Three Wives and All About Eve), Joseph Mankiewicz turned his attention to this extremely curious social comedy. Cary Grant plays a famous, idealistic gynecologist whose mysterious past is questioned by a vindictive colleague (Hume Cronyn). Meanwhile, the doctor falls for a pregnant patient (Jeanne Crain), whose unmarried status is daring for a movie of 1951 vintage. The title is an all-too-apt description of Mankiewicz's chatty style, but it also carries sinister echoes of the McCarthy era--specifically, an attempted right-wing purge of the Director's Guild, I which Mankiewicz was the main target. This subtext lends interest beyond the movie's rather tame romance. The Grant character, named Doctor Praetorius (no relation to the Bride of Frankenstein wacko, one hopes), conducts a college orchestra and is prone to "twilight sadness"--it's an offbeat role for the actor, and one he clearly relishes. --Robert Horton

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - People Will Talk
This is a wonderful movie on Friendship and Love.It shows just what being a true friend is as well as shining a light on social ills at the time.Gary Grant is awesome and the character of Mr. Sunderson is PERFECT!

A must watch!
Rating: - A rarely seen feel-good film
The artwork on this DVD looks like it was done in someone's basement and the extras include only a few trailers, but I am still grateful to Fox for putting this one out on DVD even without the obligatory commentary track that comes with their Studio Classic and Film Noir series. The audio is excellent and I detected only a couple of defects in two scenesin the video. All in all it is a very good transfer.

Although made in 1951, it is refreshingly modern and mature in its content yet ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent condition
The item came in excellent condition.It had no marks or anything wrong with it. I was very pleased
Rating: - A Good Review
This movie is a good one. Funny, interesting, and ahead of the time its time when it was made. I recommend it if anyone is a Cary Grant fan.
Rating: - A study in human nature and just plain fun to watch!
Each character in this lovely classic film reminds me of someone I know and love- (or choose to avoid-as the case may be!)I miss watching the oldies on AMC- or maybe it's just that the oldies are now 20 years newer than the ones I love! Ordering my favorites from Amazon.com and other outlets has helped to meet my needs for the insight and innocence found in movies of the 30s and 40s. People Will Talk is one we pull out and enjoy again and again.

A study of personalities, a kind ... Read More