The Big Hangover
A GI Bill law intern (Van Johnson) romances the boss' daughter (Elizabeth Taylor) while battling racism and his own extreme aversion to alcohol.
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 22 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: October 25, 2011
- Originally Released: 1950
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Van Johnson & Elizabeth Taylor | |
Performer: | Leon Ames, Fay Holden, Percy Waram, Selena Royle, Gene Lockhart, Rosemary DeCamp & Edgar Buchanan | |
Directed by | Norman Krasna | |
Edited by | Fredrick Y. Smith | |
Screenwriting by | Norman Krasna | |
Composition by | Adolph Deutsch | |
Cinematography by | George J. Folsey | |
Art Direction by | Cedric Gibbons & Paul Groesse | |
Produced by | Norman Krasna |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/4 --
[An] odd film about a man who gets dizzy at the mere sniff of any alcohol.
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TV Guide
Elizabeth Taylor is warm and appealing as the amateur psychiatrist. Van Johnson, too, is rather subdued and serious here, to just as warming effect.
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Variety
Rating: 3/5 --
The Big Hangover, although it runs an uneven course; still is good for some laughs and is deserving of attention.
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New York Times
Rating: B+ --
The cast is so endearing that they do wonders with the silly premise.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The funny stuff doesn't always pay off, but'it's a warming and enjoyable picture.
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Associated Press
The result makes an odd layer cake composed of alternate slabs of slapstick and preachment, none of it very digestible.
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TIME Magazine
Description by OLDIES.com:
David Maldon (Van Johnson) nearly drowned during World War 2 -- in a flood of brandy! Developing a condition known as "Liquor Recoil," David must avoid alcohol at all costs; the merest whiff makes him wobbly, and a quaff makes him crazy. Fortunately for David, he has a unique guardian angel watching out for him -- his boss' daughter, Mary (Elizabeth Taylor).
Writer/Director Norman Krasna is famous for his modern fairy-tale romances, often building skyscrapers of screwball set-ups from one absurd element. Less noted, however, is his proclivity for wrapping the sweetness around a serious social issue. Little chance of that being overlooked in this Krasna film, the first of two Liz would do with Van Johnson, as midway through the story veers off to directly confront racism and intolerance in post WW2 America. But don't worry -- there's still the menace of company parties and toasts to keep the comedy coming.
Writer/Director Norman Krasna is famous for his modern fairy-tale romances, often building skyscrapers of screwball set-ups from one absurd element. Less noted, however, is his proclivity for wrapping the sweetness around a serious social issue. Little chance of that being overlooked in this Krasna film, the first of two Liz would do with Van Johnson, as midway through the story veers off to directly confront racism and intolerance in post WW2 America. But don't worry -- there's still the menace of company parties and toasts to keep the comedy coming.
Product Description:
An honor student hired by a plush law firm, nearly drowns in brandy during a bombing raid in WW II. Now, just a whiff of the hard stuff renders him totally pie-eyed!
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- Sales Rank: 7,911
- UPC: 883316390016
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