And her baby, Eulalie, in a white dress is about as pretty a little doll as you will wish to see, and nobody can blame Judge Henry G. Blake for copping a kiss off of her now and then. Pocketful of Miracles is not merely out of whole cloth, but out of date, and watching it is a painful experience. He says he has to take a trip out to Pittsburgh to buy four or five coal mines, but will be back the next day. Glenn Ford and the late Hope Lange in a comedy with Bette Davis taking a supporting role. The story is set in the 1930's, the cars are of that era but the automobile following in the back window looks like a 1950 Cadillac! Somehow what worked so well in the 30s fails to work here, and while the acting couldn't be better from many of the actors involved, the storyboarding itself is sub-par. Dave counters by demanding $100,000 "as a token of your good faith.". Madame La Gimp (Closed December 04, 2016) | Off-Broadway - Buy tickets and see show information. Plus, overall, it looks like everyone just tried and emoted too much in the remake. The entire cast is really top notch. 96m/B VHS, DVD . Furthermore, he is obliged to Dave the Dude, because Dave sells him good champagne when most guys are trying to hand him the old phonus bolonus, and naturally Rodney B. Emerson appreciates this kind treatment. While his earlier version, LADY FOR A DAY, was more compact, this one runs 40 minutes too long, extends scenes that could have trimmed the fat off the plotting and still have had the film look great, and seems too fairy-tale even for 1961 when it was released. And, of course, Nicely-Nicely Jones: "What he does for a livelihood is the best . In fact, Dave says, she will land next Saturday and here it is Wednesday already.. Dave the Dude (Glenn Ford), a very successful New York City gangster, has one superstition: he believes that the apples he buys from alcoholic street peddler Apple Annie (Bette Davis) bring him luck. Madam l mt hnh thc a ch lch s cho ph n. Capra, certain he was the winner, ran to the podium to collect his Oscar, only to discover Rogers had meant Frank Lloyd, who won for Cavalcade, instead. Bette Davis' guttersnipe perhaps too easily transforms into a regal lady but she is wonderful here no matter. than- to remind the art of Glenn Ford and Bette Davis , the last in almost comfortable role. In fact, she is nothing but an old hay-bag, and generally somewhat ginned up. They tell me the meeting at the dock between Madame La Gimp and her baby is very affecting indeed, and when the proud old Spanish nobleman and his wife, and their son, and Madame La Gimps sister, all go into action, too, there are enough tears around there to float all the battleships we once sink for Spain. They tell me Judge Blake once has plenty of dough, and is quite a guy on Wall Street, and a high shot along Broadway, but he misses a few guesses at the market, and winds up without much dough, as guys generally do who miss guesses at the market. Bete Davis has another outstanding performance, as usual, very well supported by the magnificent cast. Scoprilo a teatro,. Mister O. O. McIntyre, the big writer! Rodney B. Emerson says, and the next thing I know I am shaking hands with Mr. and Mrs. Conde, and their son, and with Madame La Gimp and her baby, and Madame La Gimps sister, and finally with Judge Henry G. Blake, who has on a swallowtail coat, and does not give me much of a tumble. "[2], Exhibitors protested Bette Davis's star billing as they worried it would hurt the boxoffice, and the receipts did fall short of expectations. OTRR Non-Maintained Set-- A collection of shows that has not gone through the OTRR . Davis has been picking up mail from her studying abroad daughter, played by Ann Margaret (in her film debut), from a swanky hotel (she's using the hotel's address as a means to put on airs she lives there when the reality is she lives on skid row) but when the management informs her she cannot do this anymore, she is bereft the truth will come out. Now Glenn Ford bills himself above Bette Davis. He reminded studio head Harry Cohn he was "spending three hundred thousand dollars on a picture in which the heroine is seventy years old," to which Cohn responded, "All I know is the thing's got a wallop. Runyon was pleased with the changes and later said, "Lady for a Day was no more my picture than Little Miss Marker, which, like the former picture, was almost entirely the result of the genius of the scenario writers and the director who worked on it. Aside from some minor revisions made during production, this final script was filmed intact. Let the whimsical spirit of the film carry you along and it's most beguiling. MGM Home Entertainment released the film on VHS in 1997 followed by the Region 1 DVD on September 18, 2001. Skenarionya yang dibuat oleh Robert Riskin berdasarkan pada cerpen "Madame La Gimp" karya Damon Runyon. I admire the transformation of Bette Davis, great work along with wardrobe and make up departments! Well, it seems Rodney B. Emerson gets a big bang out of the idea, and he says to Dave the Dude like this: You not only can have the apartment, Dave, but I will come over and help you out. She fails to beget your sympathy. Anyway, Judge Henry G. Blake says, being aristocratic will come natural to him. Personally, I consider Madame La Gimp nothing but an old pest, but kindhearted guys like Dave the Dude always stake her to a few pieces of silver when she comes shuffling along putting on the moan about her tough luck. English; Espaol; Portugus . I certainly did. Then I hear, Mister Al Jolson, and in comes nobody but Tony Bertazzola, from the Chicken Club, who looks about as much like Al as I do like O. O. McIntyre, which is not at all. Between these shots, and the nice clothes, and the good cleaning-up Miss Billy Perry and Miss Missouri Martin give Madame La Gimp, she is really a pleasant sight to the judge. The director claimed to prefer the remake to the original, although most critics and, in later years film historians and movie buffs, disagreed with his assessment. Miss Davis' sharp, clipped, almost cold delivery gives you the feeling that any minute she'll be calling out to 'Petah.' Dave manages to engineer a lavish reception, with New York's mayor and governor as guests, the night before Louise and her impressed future husband and father-in-law sail back to Europe, none the wiser about her mother's real identity. They are mainly dolls from Miss Missouri Martins Sixteen Hundred Club, and the Hot Box, but Rodney B. Emerson introduces them as Sophie Tucker, and Theda Bara, and Jeanne Eagels, and Helen Morgan, and Aunt Jemima, and one thing and another. He is a short, fat guy, with a round, red face, and a big laugh, and the kind of a guy Dave the Dude can call up at his home in Newport and explain the situation and ask for the loan of the apartment, which Dave does. Well, this baby is on her way here. Synopsis : Added to the bland list of characters Batman and Robin encounter by as they cruise Gotham City during their late-night patrol is "Apple Alice" who has just recently appeared upon the scene with a fresh apple every night for the junior member of the dynamic duo. For fifteen years, or maybe sixteen, I see Madame La Gimp up and down Broadway, or sliding along through the Forties, sometimes selling newspapers, and sometimes selling flowers, and in all these years I seldom see her but what she seems to have about half a heat on from drinking gin. Did anyone else notice the rear projection in the back windows of the cars? Capra was definitely one of the best known 'romantic' directors of his time. and Pocketful of Miracles is a real puzzle of fairy tales. Edit Details Reader Q&A To ask other readers questions about Madame La Gimp , please sign up . We get the license for them yesterday afternoon. Capra both produced and directed Riskin's adaptation of Damon Runyon's short story "Madame La Gimp." It concerned a decrepit peddler, Apple Annie (May Robson), who enlists a sympathetic gangster (Warren William) to transform her into a . I agree that Lady for a day is a great,memorable film,special in many ways.But,the significance of Pocketful of Miracles should in no way be diminished on account of being a re-make.The sixties differ greatly from today,when irritating blockbusters,re-makes sequels and comic-book adaptations unfortunately prevail.Pocketful of Miracles is a must-see for any Capra lover,classic film lover in general,and for all the people who still believe in miracles.I'm one of them and I truly believe that both Hollywood and Europe will live again through the films who would touch the people over the mental age of three,if you know what I mean. The 1932/33 Academy Awards were presented on March 16, 1934 and covered a full 17 months period (August 1932 - December 1933). Dave calls Blake to advise him of their predicament, and Annie decides to confess everything to Count Romero. Well, when I step in I see the judge miss a shot anybody can make blindfolded, but as soon as I give him the office I wish to speak to him, the judge hauls off and belts in every ball on the table, bingity-bing, the last shot being a bank that will make Al de Oro stop and think, because when it comes to pool, the old judge is just naturally a curly wolf. He gets me to one side, too, and wishes to know who Herbert Bayard Swope is, and when I explain to him, the Pale Face Kid gets so swelled up he will not speak to Death House Donegan, who is only Mister William Muldoon., Well, it seems to me they are getting too strong when they announce, Vice-President of the United States, the Honorable Charles Curtis, and in pops Guinea Mike, and I say as much to Dave the Dude, who is running around every which way looking after things, but he only says, Well, if you do not know it is Guinea Mike, will you know it is not Vice-President Curtis?. Queenie has the bedraggled Annie made up to look like a sophisticated socialite, while Dave borrows an out-of-town friend's luxurious penthouse suite, complete with Hudgins the butler (Edward Everett Horton) - and arranges for cultured pool hustler "Judge" Henry G. Blake (Thomas Mitchell) to pose as Annie's husband. Miss Missouri Martin is anxious to go to the boat with Madame La Gimp, and take her jazz band, the Hi Hi Boys, from her Sixteen Hundred Club with her to make it a real welcome, but nobody thinks much of this idea. Here, Capra produced and directed the remake with an independent company set up for that purpose. Starring John Brown as Broadway, the narrator of Damon Runyon's dramatic stories of old Manhattan New York and the gangster life in the 1920's and 1930's. File: madam_lagimp-1949-06-19.mp3: File Size: La fortuna un'arte.ma le mele di Madame possono davvero far miracoli ? This stars Bette Davis as a panhandler who's daughter thinks she's rich and famous and Glenn Ford is a gangster friend of Davis who helps her out, despite his own troubles. Riskin's version deviated from the original Runyon story primarily in that it linked its central character and a number of plot developments to the millions of Americans who were suffering as a result of the Great Depression. Ford (who asked his sweetheart Hope Lange as Queenie) has a beautiful girlfriend and helps Annie and he sets up a masquerade for her daughter Louise (Ann Margret's first movie) , who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America and she goes to marry to a high class man and for him to believe than Bette/Annie is a countess . The director felt Ford was wrong for the part but out of desperation he agreed to the arrangement, which called for each of them to receive 37 percent of the film's profits. You will not find them here, Dave says. May Robson, WarrenWilliam, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks, Jean Parker, Walter Connolly; D: Frank Capra; W: Robert Riskin; C . "[4], Channel 4 calls it "wonderfully improbable and charming" and, although "not a bona fide Capra classic," it is "cracking fun all the same."[5]. A 'Pocketful of Miracles' is more of a fairy tale comedy. . Damon Runyon (Radio) 1948 (ep25) Madame La Gimp 45 views Aug 5, 2022 0 Dislike Share Nikola Tesla Wireless Radio 1.31K subscribers The Damon Runyon Theatre was another of Alan Ladd's Mayfair. Screenplay by Robert Riskin, based on the short story 'Madame La Gimp' by Damon Runyon. like many of movies by Capra, Pocketful of Miracles is a superb fairy tale. At times I felt the focus was too much on the Dude when it should have delved deeper into Apple Annie and her struggle. Anybody looking at Madame La Gimp will bet you all the coffee in Java that she never lives in a cellar over on Tenth Avenue, and drinks plenty of gin in her day. and nostalgia. He thinks that Madame La Gimps babys own papa is dead, and that Madame La Gimp is now married to one of the richest and most aristocratic guys in America., How does the proud old Spanish nobleman get such an idea as this? I ask. Bette Davis looks lost in extravagant but unconvincing role of a straggly street-peddler who is turned into a grande dame by petty gangster Glenn Ford in order to fool her jet-setting daughter. (informal) A crippled leg. She walks with a gimp in one leg, which is why she is called Madame La Gimp, and years ago I hear somebody say Madame La Gimp is once a Spanish dancer, and a big shot on Broadway, but that she meets up with an accident which puts her out of the dancing dodge, and that a busted romance makes her become a gin-head. Edit Translation. The last 3 movies with great user reviews have let me down. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. ", "The World's A Bright And Shiny Apple That's Mine, All Mine. She is an old , ugly and poor woman on his own resources , she splits luck to a mobster (well played by Glenn Ford who helped finance the movie through his production company) giving him apples . Dream Street Rose, 'the short, thick set, square looking old doll with a square looking pan,' who is an alcoholic set adrift in New York after a terrible tragedy, Madame La Gimp, the Spanish dancer fallen on hard times and who has lost her daughter back at home and Little Miss Marker, the bright little girl left to the bookie Sorrowful as a . So there is nothing more to the story, except that Dave the Dude is around a few days later with a big sheet of paper in his duke and very, very indignant. A few days later, Blake in the role of Judge Manville announces he is planning a gala reception for Louise, Carlos, and Count Romero before they return to Spain, and he enlists Dave's guys and Missouri's dolls to pose as Annie's society friends. Still, give me them carrying a little less weight for age. She is sitting in a darkish corner off by herself and I really do not see Judge Henry G. Blake leaning over her until I am almost on top of them, so I cannot help hearing what the judge is saying. You'll wait all through the film for something great to happen but it'll never come. Be the first to ask a question about Madame La Gimp Lists with This Book This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Supporting players Peter Falk, Jack Elam, Ellen Corby and Ann-Margret in her film debut add some sparkle to the heavy-handed proceedings, but Ford is smug and tiresome as Dave the Dude, Hope Lange colorless as floozy singer Queenie. In fact, Judge Blake hurls a couple of shots into himself to nerve himself for the ordeal, as he explains it, before he appears to go to the boat. Pure syrup, and a little goes a long way Touching drama,witty comedy and a drop of a fairy tale combined in another Capra's magical film, Top Rated Show with a great Cast of Characters. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the short story "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon. While the costume and set design may not be accurate it's certainly high class and sumptuous. Columbia Pictures purchased the screen rights in September 1932, and the studio scheduled the production to begin the following May, although director Frank Capra had misgivings about the project. Peter Falk makes the most of his role, his performance of Joy Boy is absolutely superb. It seems the judge is playing the guy from Providence for five cents a ball, and the judge is about thirteen balls behind when I step into the joint, because naturally at five cents a ball the judge wishes the guy from Providence to win, so as to encourage him to play for maybe twenty-five cents a ball, the judge being very cute this way. The 64-year-old Capra bought the rights for $200,000 from Columbia to make it. Chiss ?! Capra also directed its 1961 remake, Pocketful of Miracles. "[8] Least impressed was Elaine Rothschild of Films in Review: "This unbelievable and unfunny comedy proves only that director Frank Capra has learned nothing and forgotten nothing in the 28 years that intervened between the two pictures. Frank Capra's final feature film is a remake of his earlier movie Lady for a Day, one of my favorite movies from the '30s. I get to the Marberry around nine oclock and who opens the door of Madame La Gimps apartment for me but Moosh, the doorman from Miss Missouri Martins Sixteen Hundred Club. Lady for a Day - Robert Riskin, based on the story "Madame la Gimp" by Damon Runyon State Fair - Paul Green and Sonya Levien, based on the novel by Phil Strong. OTRR Definitions: OTRR Maintained Set-- This set contains all known episodes in the best available audio condition with the most accurate dates and titles known to be in general circulation and based on current research at the time of release.Replaces OTRR Certified Accurate and OTRR Certified Complete. [1], Just prior to the first preview in Hollywood in early July 1933, the film's title was changed from Madame La Gimp to Beggars' Holiday, then changed again before the film premiered at Radio City Music Hall on September 7. [2], Budgeted at $2.9 million, the film began principal photography on April 20, 1961. Well, I can see the old grape is working first-class on Judge Henry G. Blake to make such remarks as this, although at that, in the half-light with the smile on her face, Madame La Gimp is not so bad. Damon Runyon's short story Madame La Gimp was published in the October 1929 issue of Cosmopolitan. User Ratings Bette Davis herself confessed to have found enormous difficulty at being faithful to Apple Annie in those gorgeous gowns post-makeover, but this is, was and always will be a fairy tale and as such it succeeds beautifully. Kirk Douglas, Dean Martin, and Jackie Gleason rejected the role. because the romanticism and the friendship are essential pillars. The Damon Runyon Theatre Hour. (Source: TMDb) ~~ The film is a variation of Frank Capra's Lady for a Day and Pocketful of Miracles, which in turn were adapted from "Madame La Gimp", a short story by Damon Runyon. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend was based on Robert Riskin's screenplay for the 1933 film Lady for a Day, which was adapted from the 1929 Damon Runyon short story "Madame La Gimp". This Frank Capra directed film is actually Capra's second attempt with the movie. Ladd, long an admirer of 'The Brighter Side', Damon Runyon's long-running newspaper column, initially signed Pat O'Brien to star as 'Broadway' in the program. It seems that she once has a baby which she calls by the name of Eulalie, being it is a girl baby, and she ships this baby off to her sister in a little town in Spain to raise up, because Madame La Gimp figures a baby is not apt to get much raising-up off of her as long as she is on Broadway. He then meets Elizabeth "Queenie" Martin (Hope Lange), the daughter of a recently murdered friend and deeply indebted nightclub owner. Glenn Ford is hard to believe as a top gangster of nyc. Bette Davis was one of the major supporters of Glenn Ford at the beginning of his career - A Stolen Life, did for his career what "Thelma and Louise" did for Brad Pitt's and one should remember that Davis sort of "imposed" Ford for that role. Referensi [ sunting | sunting sumber] Pranala luar [ sunting | sunting sumber] (Inggris) Lady for a Day di IMDb Glen Ford is a special gangster and Hope Lange far to be a surprise. "Lady By Choice" is the sequel. The film proved to be the final project for both Capra and veteran actor Thomas Mitchell, while also marking the film debut of Ann-Margret. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. Next comes the Very Reverend John Roach Straton, who seems to be Skeets Bolivar to me, then the Honorable Mayor James J. Walker, and who is it but Good Time Charley Bernstein. This is quite a situation, Dave says. On the plus side, Peter Falk and Hope Lange are good in supporting parts, Ann-Margret is fine in her screen debut, and reliable vet Thomas Mitchell enjoyable as ever in his final film. In Runyon's satirical story, Apple Annie is a Spanish ex-dancer who lost her career after breaking her leg. She informs that she is going to get married with the son of a Count, and her future father-in-law is coming to New York with them to visit her. When the Dude keeps postponing finalizing the deal with Mr. Big to help Annie, Joy Boy becomes increasingly exasperated and frightened. It was the first film for which Capra received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and the first Columbia Pictures release to be nominated for Best Picture. Also the original movie was made during the period it was set in, which gave it a feeling of authenticity this one doesn't have. Dave the Dude takes personal charge of Wild William and removes a rod from his pants pocket, because none of the guests are supposed to come rodded up, this being strictly a social matter. Didn't even know who Bette Davis or Frank Capra were, but already loved the film. A guy who goes around this town asking where babies papas are, or even who they are, is apt to get the name of being nosy. But if i can be permitted a bit of Trivial Observation: I had to watch the next to last scene (the police-escorted motorcade) again because i could not believe it on the first viewing. Both editions include commentary by Frank Capra Jr., as well as his brief introduction to the 2001 restoration work. So he hops right over from Newport, and joins in with Dave the Dude, and I wish to say Rodney B. Emerson will always be kindly remembered by one and all for his co-operation, and nobody will ever again try to hand him the phonus bolonus when he is buying champagne, even if he is not buying it off of Dave the Dude. What really makes this film fun is a host of amazing character actors of the time, Edward Everett Horton, Mickey Shaughnessy, Sheldon Leonard, Thomas Mitchell, Ellen Corby, Arthur O'Connell and many more recognizable faces. a Capra's movie must be nice. + Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 - December 10, 1946) was a newspaperman and writer. "Madame la Gimp" : State Fair: : State Fair Phil Stong: : : : "Night Bus" : : . May Robson and Warren William just did a better job with the material than Bette Davis and Glenn Ford. `Pocketful of Miracles' is set in the early thirties, and tells the heart-warming story of "Apple Annie" [Bette Davis], a boozy New York bag lady who is transformed into high society by gangster Dave the . The morning they go to meet the boat is the first time Judge Henry G. Blake gets a load of his ever-loving wife, Madame La Gimp, and by this time Miss Billy Perry and Miss Missouri Martin give Madame La Gimp such a going-over that she is by no means the worst looker in the world. So I go out looking for Judge Henry G. Blake to be Madame La Gimps husband, although I am not so sure Judge Henry G. Blake will care to be anybodys husband, and especially Madame La Gimps after he gets a load of her, for Judge Henry G. Blake is kind of a classy old guy. The Damon Runyon Theatre was another of Alan Ladd's Mayfair Transcription Company productions. Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film starring Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, produced and directed by Frank Capra, filmed in Panavision. Lady for a Day adalah sebuah film komedi-drama pre-Code Amerika 1933 garapan Frank Capra. He felt that it was a mistake going into partnership with a star, in this case Glenn Ford because it meant yielding creative control of the product. a film who reminds childhood's flavors and that could be the lead virtue of it. He also went to the Downtown Los Angeles neighborhood where he had sold newspapers as a boy and hired some of the street people who congregated there as extras who would add color to the film. Annie's friends from the street ask Dave to rent her an apartment at the Marberry and, although he initially declines, he has a change of heart and arranges for her to live in the lap of luxury in a palatial residence belonging to a friend. BROADWAY: Thanks. -- Madame La Gimp -- Sense of humor -- The lacework kid -- Situation wanted -- Tobias the terrible -- Palm Beach santa claus -- It comes up mud -- All horse players die broke -- Johnny one-eye -- The three wise guys -- The bloodhounds of Broadway Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2010-09-29 20:05:32 Boxid IA128322 Boxid_2 CH116301 Camera [2], In 1960, Capra bought the screen rights from Columbia for $225,000,[3] and the director made a deal with United Artists, where it was decided to film the story as a period piece set in the 1930s. The remake is rather brash and a little dragging in places when compared to the original, nevertheless still an entertaining and fun film. The story is of Myra, who we open on as a chorus girl in a stage show. FAQ Capra originally cast Frank Sinatra as Dave the Dude, but the actor walked out due to disagreements about the script. gimp (plural gimps ) (informal) A person who is lame[ wikt] due to a crippling of the legs or feet. It is commencing to sound to me like a movie such as a guy is apt to see at a midnight show, I say. [2] Cast as Apple Annie was Bette Davis, who accepted the role after Shirley Booth, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, and Jean Arthur turned it down. If you're not made of stone and/or your levels of cynicism have not reached inhuman stages, you're going to enjoy this very much. In The New York Times, A. H. Weiler noted, "Mr. Capra and his energetic troupe manage to get a fair share of laughs from Mr. Runyon's oddball guys and dolls, but their lampoon is dated and sometimes uneven and listless Repetition and a world faced by grimmer problems seem to have been excessively tough competition for this plot. Also starring Peter Falk as Ford's right hand man, Hope Lange as Ford's girl, Arthur O'Connell as a Count & Thomas Mitchell as a judge. At the pier, an elegantly dressed Annie tearfully reunites with Louise. It was a remake of one of his earlier film `Lady for a Day' [1933], which itself was based on the Damon Runyon short story Madame La Gimp. Never fear, WCT on the Air is back with another evening of nostalgia and laughs.This time, Damon Runyon, that Broadway raconteur, invites us to a real swanky reception for the famous Madame La Gimp. No one can predict how it will turn out when Dave the Dude and his boys decide to help poor old Madame La Gimp make a good impression on her future in-laws, but you can bet it will be wild time for all involved.Directed by Michael Eiden, this production features the talents of Andrew Eiden, Susan C. Hunter, Jorge del Toro, Richard Scaffidi, Greg Stokes, Jamie Sowers and Eric Vaughn Crumley. It turns out that the proud old Spanish nobleman has white sideburns, and is entitled Conde de Something, so his ever-loving wife is the Condesa, and the son is a very nice-looking quiet young guy any way you take him, who blushes every time anybody looks at him. They are making a tour of the whole world, and will stop over here a couple of days just to see Madame La Gimp.. The same enchanting story only this time set during the Christmas season for delivering a miracle to the grey-haired Cinderella. Woefully sentimental comedy-drama directed by a sadly out-of-touch Frank Capra, here remaking his own 1934 picture "Lady For a Day" but not updating it much--"Pocketful of Miracles" plays just like 1934. A group of Annie's friends from the streets are watching from a distance. WCT on Air Presents: Madame La Gimp - YouTube Is your Mardi Gras celebration running flat? There was no awards ceremony in 1933. One day, Annie receives a letter from her daughter Louise (Ann Margret, making her debut on the screens), who lives in Spain. Peter Falk, as has been noted, gets the best lines. The old doll is in a tough spot. 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