The Magnificent Yankee (1950)iMDB Rating: 7.0Date Released : 20 December 1950
Genre : Biography, Drama
Stars : Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz, Philip Ober
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB
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Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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Sentimental portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes
There's not much substance here, at least in terms of the legal side of Oliver Wendell Holmes. This is more about the man as husband, with a few doses of patriotism. It'd downright sentimental.
I've always liked Louis Calhern in old films, but I'm not quite sure. He's, at best, a good character actor. It is said that he was given the title role here as thanks from the studio for being a good soldier and accepting so many character roles. Perhaps the best acting in this picture comes from Ann Harding as the wife.
The social importance of Holmes' years on the Supreme Court is mentioned, but almost in passing. But, as Bosley Crowther put it in his review at the time, it's a "gentle screen drama". It really is more about marital companionship than law, as Crowther pointed out. It is most touching as Mr. & Mrs. Holmes reach their sunset years.
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