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Let's Make it Legal (1951)
Rate:
5
Viewed:
9/23
9/23:
Let's Make It Legal is a comedy?
Ha! It's more like a lightweight drama piece of crap. My eyes rolled when Hugh Halsworth said he and Victor Macfarland
made a bet one day who'll get Miriam and then Hugh married her right out of high school. Yeah, okay... this means they
should be equal in age, but Claudette Colbert looks halfway old enough to be Zachary Scott's mother (they were actually eleven
years apart).
Of course, divorce is dangled in front of my eyes throughout, but Hugh and Miriam would eventually get back together,
laughing everything off as if it's another day in their lives. It still doesn't change the fact that he's a gambling
addict. At least, the writing is good, setting for a lively pace, although it's not an interesting story to follow.
The cast is strong with well-done performances coming from Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Zachary Scott, and Robert
Wagner. I hate Barbara Bates' whiny, useless character. How about her doing something for a change? I wonder why she and Jerry
were married in the first place; this is the one that'll be heading for divorce someday. If it makes you feel better,
Barbara Bates killed herself at age 43.
All in all, you know the movie is a dud when the leading man is more interested in having enough fertilizer for his rose
bushes than anything else.