My Love for Yours ~ 1939 -BW

QUICKIE: Ugh, even Madeleine Carroll's great acting and the good plot can't save this film from the horribly boring Fred MacMurray.

PLOT: Madeleine Carroll plays Gail Allen, the president of Morrisey's department store. She has no time for love and is annoyed when a fortune teller predicts adventure, romance and children in her future. She promptly finds Bill Burnett (Fred MacMurray) and they fall for each other, yet she refuses to face her feelings. They go back and forth to Bali where Burnett lives. A misunderstanding that he has many other women, drives Gail back to her previous life. Burnett follows, determined to win her over.

SUMMARY: Fred MacMurray is the worst actor of this time. He's so monotone, similar to a saltine cracker. He never displays any emotion and every line is completely deadpan. He is so flat that I get angry over his continual lack of emotion. Make no mistake, it's not acting aloof, it's just bad acting, period. And to add insult to injury he usually plays the ukulele while singing. The story is good, the females are, again, exceptional characters, but MacMurray's acting is so horrible it ruins an otherwise good film for me.

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