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Maggie mcnamara with her brown hair in a ponytail arrives in rome in three coins in the fountain 1954 expecting great things to happen. The catholic legion of decency condemned the comedy the moon is blue 1953 on the grounds of moral standards. In the majesty of the law, a police officer must arrest a very oldfashioned, traditional fellow for assault. Charles cargraves and retired general thayer have to start over again. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification.
The moon is blue concerns itself with the attempted seduction of the militantly. The entire first act is him trying to figure out how easy patty will be to seduce, but even then hes a complete gentleman about it. The moon is blue watch turner classic movies on tcm. By years end, the moon is blue was the nations 15th highestgrossing film. The film was based on a broadway play which had inspired mass protests for its use of the words virgin and pregnant. Island in the sky is a 1953 american aviation adventure drama film written by ernest k.
An independent production distributed by warner bros. Hugh herbert and based on his 1951 play of the same title, the film is about a young woman who meets an architect on the observation deck of the empire state building and quickly turns his life upside down. The mans principles have the policeman and the whole village, including the man he slugged, sympathizing with him. Thayer approaches jim barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.
Released 1953, the moon is blue stars william holden, david niven, maggie mcnamara, tom tully the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. So why was this harmless little comedy so controversial. Two days later, breen notified preminger the film would not be. Produced and directed by howard hughes, the outlaw was completed in 1941 but banned due to its fixation on jane russells breasts. Due to its realism depicting the events surrounding an actual aircraft crash, it is considered one of the classic aviation films. The moon is blue, premingers film version of play, opens at the sutton and victoria. The moon is blue 1953 dawn addams in the moon is blue 1953 maggie mcnamara in.