Watch this one with a friend so you'll have someone to laugh with. Jennifer Jones and Charlton Heston bring their over-acting talents to new heights in this fun melodrama. Watch how he violently drags her into his arms and the two disproportionate faces, his gigantic forehead and her softball size cheekbones almost fit together. Listen to his forced gravel of passion and her snarling lisp. Watch them face each other with the same odd posture of caved in waists and flat behinds. See them try to walk across a room without knocking anything over, shoulders swinging and arms flinging as they go.
I would like to think this film would have been better with more subtle actors but even the story lacked credibility. We are told repeatedly that the town didn't like Ruby because she was born on the wrong side of the tracks, but I think her blatant public flirting and major anger issues might have had a lot to do with it.
I would like to think this film would have been better with more subtle actors but even the story lacked credibility. We are told repeatedly that the town didn't like Ruby because she was born on the wrong side of the tracks, but I think her blatant public flirting and major anger issues might have had a lot to do with it.