One of my earliest memories about movies is watching Jane Eyre on television and my mother pointing out that the little girl dying of pneumonia was a young Elizabeth Taylor. I remember seeing such films as National Velvet and Father of The Bride, and it was a big event when the movie Cleopatra was broadcast on TV.
I chose father of the Bride as my tribute to Elizabeth Taylor because this is the film that launched her adult career in Hollywood. Their are two shots in the film, when she is first shown wearing her bridal dress and a close-up of her face at the altar that simply take my breath away. She was at her most beautiful and radiant in this film. This was years before her status as a celebrity became more important than her work as an actress.
Father of the Bride is a hilarious, classic comedy about the trials and tribulations of a father preparing for the wedding of his only daughter. The movie belongs to the great Spencer Tracy, but Taylor steals every scene she is in. Tracy became America's father figure in this film and Joan Bennett the perfect housewife. The film is a heart warming view of American family life at the beginning of the 1950's.
At The Movie House rating **** stars.
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