But failed. The story is the usual slightly cliché one of a girl (who this time happens to be an actress) falls in love with a prince who later becomes a king. The girl, played by Lana Turner gives some beautiful scenes, and her opening number with her singing was awesome. Ezio Pinza has some very good lines to and gives a lot of his own numbers to show of his opera like singing voice. Debbie Reynolds was a stand out for me, she was wonderful in her role. She was the best in the movie. The script was poor, the costumes were wonderful, the back grounds like all MGM movies of that era were a fest of colorful delight! It had a lot of potential even if it was a little cliché, but somehow got lost during the middle and the end. Things happened, and you couldn't understand why, in other words it went a little to fast. There was no real chemistry between the actress and actors, there was no real connection either, and I was left thinking, why? The ending was stupid, it had no closure, no real conclusion it just left us with a lot of questions. While the movie did have good scenes, and had wonderful actresses, it just didn't cut out for me. If Hollywood were to remake this movie and give it a better script, I would not be angry.
Review of Mr. Imperium
