$37 Million
That’s what Nora Taylor has inherited from her father. Wanting to be independent and free, she also wants to find someone who loves her for who she is, not the money she has.
The movie is Latin Lovers. The stars are Lana Turner and Ricardo Mantalban. I have to admit to never seeing a Lana Turner movie before; I watched it to see a young Mantalban. I always enjoyed his accent in Fantasy Island and thought he was an amazing antagonist in The Wrath of Khan. I was impressed!
Ricardo Mantalban played the Latin lover that swayed Ms. Taylor’s heart in Brazil. She has followed her current fiancé to Brazil to watch him play polo. The first part of the movie is rather entertaining, because both Nora and her fiancé, Paul Chevron, (who has $48 million of his own), see psychoanalysts to see what they should each think of their relationship and impending engagement. The advice given to Paul is the exact opposite of the advice that Nora is supposed to act upon. She follows him to Brazil to try to continue to woo him.
Now they are in Brazil and Paul is still acting against his own personality towards Nora. She is confused and would like a man who comes right out and says what he wants. She finds that man when she and Paul go to look at buying some horses. Roberto(Montalban), the owner of the horses sees her as he is showing a horse, and plants a kiss on her when she goes to the stables after him. I would think that would have been a shocking scene in 1953 when this movie was released. It is also very romantic!
The rest of the movie is all about Nora making Paul understand she is in love and will marry Roberto. In turn, she has to figure out if Roberto loves her for her money or for who she is.
This movie was especially romantic and beautiful. If you like tall, dark men, this would be for you! Hearing Roberto sing ‘More Amore’ to Nora, while she is hiding in the shadows watching him, and seeing how he relaxes her to dance the samba with him is such a pleasure! His high-waist pants and matching jacket actually make his arms look much larger. The pale blue suit he wears during that scene shows off the dark hair and tanned features.
Getting to her wardrobe – amazing! In every scene she has a different dress and the majority of them have matching handbags. So very classy, it makes me wonder why women don’t dress like that anymore. From the dance scene previously mentioned, when she is wearing a dress with a black bodice and a full blue tulle skirt, to the elegant white lace dinner dresses she wears with a matching white lace jacket, her whole closet is a paradise of silk, lace, taffeta and tulle. I especially like the white dresses that have black on them in one way or another. Very simple, yet elegant. Also, I think her wardrobe plays an important part when considering the feelings she is going through. In the first few scenes, she is in outfits that are lifeless in color. As she feels more free to be who she is, we see her in more glamorous and colorful outfits.
I was not surprised to see that she ends up with the dark, handsomely built Brazilian. I was intrigued, however, to see what her plans were on seeing if he was all about her money or not. This movie is 57 years old and is still worth seeing!
I don’t want to leave out the part about Brazilian culture and how Roberto lived with his grandfather. That was a nice treat in the movie, to listen to an older voice talk of love!
That’s what Nora Taylor has inherited from her father. Wanting to be independent and free, she also wants to find someone who loves her for who she is, not the money she has.
The movie is Latin Lovers. The stars are Lana Turner and Ricardo Mantalban. I have to admit to never seeing a Lana Turner movie before; I watched it to see a young Mantalban. I always enjoyed his accent in Fantasy Island and thought he was an amazing antagonist in The Wrath of Khan. I was impressed!
Ricardo Mantalban played the Latin lover that swayed Ms. Taylor’s heart in Brazil. She has followed her current fiancé to Brazil to watch him play polo. The first part of the movie is rather entertaining, because both Nora and her fiancé, Paul Chevron, (who has $48 million of his own), see psychoanalysts to see what they should each think of their relationship and impending engagement. The advice given to Paul is the exact opposite of the advice that Nora is supposed to act upon. She follows him to Brazil to try to continue to woo him.
Now they are in Brazil and Paul is still acting against his own personality towards Nora. She is confused and would like a man who comes right out and says what he wants. She finds that man when she and Paul go to look at buying some horses. Roberto(Montalban), the owner of the horses sees her as he is showing a horse, and plants a kiss on her when she goes to the stables after him. I would think that would have been a shocking scene in 1953 when this movie was released. It is also very romantic!
The rest of the movie is all about Nora making Paul understand she is in love and will marry Roberto. In turn, she has to figure out if Roberto loves her for her money or for who she is.
This movie was especially romantic and beautiful. If you like tall, dark men, this would be for you! Hearing Roberto sing ‘More Amore’ to Nora, while she is hiding in the shadows watching him, and seeing how he relaxes her to dance the samba with him is such a pleasure! His high-waist pants and matching jacket actually make his arms look much larger. The pale blue suit he wears during that scene shows off the dark hair and tanned features.
Getting to her wardrobe – amazing! In every scene she has a different dress and the majority of them have matching handbags. So very classy, it makes me wonder why women don’t dress like that anymore. From the dance scene previously mentioned, when she is wearing a dress with a black bodice and a full blue tulle skirt, to the elegant white lace dinner dresses she wears with a matching white lace jacket, her whole closet is a paradise of silk, lace, taffeta and tulle. I especially like the white dresses that have black on them in one way or another. Very simple, yet elegant. Also, I think her wardrobe plays an important part when considering the feelings she is going through. In the first few scenes, she is in outfits that are lifeless in color. As she feels more free to be who she is, we see her in more glamorous and colorful outfits.
I was not surprised to see that she ends up with the dark, handsomely built Brazilian. I was intrigued, however, to see what her plans were on seeing if he was all about her money or not. This movie is 57 years old and is still worth seeing!
I don’t want to leave out the part about Brazilian culture and how Roberto lived with his grandfather. That was a nice treat in the movie, to listen to an older voice talk of love!
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