Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17965 in VHS
• Released on: 1995-02-24
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Color, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 77 minutes

Customer Reviews

The Best Little Musical You Never Saw
Why on earth is "I Love Melvin" so ignored by film buffs? Even people who can lip-synch to every Arthur Freed musical ever made generally don't know this one, and it's a shame. It was the movie that put Debbie Reynolds over the top; her work before this one (even in "Singin' In The Rain") was essentially as a supporting player. In "I Love Melvin" you can actually SEE Debbie becoming a full-fledged star; it happens as soon as the movie starts, in a number called "A Lady Loves". Debbie bursts onto the screen in thousands of dollars' worth of high Helen Rose drag with a bevy of chorus boys, and proceeds to show everyone she didn't need Gene Kelly holding her hand any more. She's also a delight clowning in "Where Did You Learn to Dance?" with Donald O'Connor; Debbie dances as well as anyone ever did onscreen while refusing to take herself seriously for a moment. O'Connor's fine, too, offering up several terrific dances of his own, one of them on roller skates. As Debbie's little sister, Noreen Corcoran is one of the best things in the movie; she is that rarity, a child star who knew the value of putting a little spice with the sugar audiences expect. She's cute, droll, wistful and astringent by turns- almost a pint-sized Marjorie Main- and by the end of the movie, you find yourself wishing she'd had much more of a career. If you like musicals, you could do a lot worse than to buy "I Love Melvin". Let everyone else worship the more famous M-G-M musicals; this neglected film is a little gem!

Debbie Reynolds Sparkles in MGM Muiscal!!!
What can one say about the Glory days of MGM's Dream factory?? This film was made by MGM in 1953. It stars Donald O'connor and a young Debbie Reynolds. I love Debbie in this film. It is both exciting, entertaining and funny. Bothe Donald and Debbie give thier best performaces in this. Reynolds was fresh from her role in "Singin' In The Rain" and was never better. One of the best songs in this movie is "A Lady Loves" Donald gets himself in a heap of trouble as a photographer who promises a young singer Debbie the cover of a magazine, however his boss won't go for it. Leading Debbie on by taking pictures of her. She is convinced she will make the cover and Donald decides to forge a cover to appear as it's the real thing in order to keep Reynolds as his girlfriend. To find out what happens next, buy this Musical.

A Charming Musical
"I Love Melvin" reunites Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor (from "Singin' In The Rain"). It is a charming musical. Both Debbie and Donald give wonderful performances. The songs in this movie are wonderful. I especially love "Where Did You Learn to Dance?" and "A Lady Loves". The number "I Wanna Wonder" is a wonderful example of the comedy and virsitility of Donald O'Connor.