- Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward, Fay Wray, Richard Denning
- Directors: Gregory Ratoff
- Writers: Charles Bonner, Michael Blankfort, William Hurlbut
- Producers: Gordon Griffith, Robert E. Sherwood
- Format: NTSC, Import
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: Sony Pictures
- VHS Release Date: May 16 2000
- Run Time: 81 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 6302795621
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By Mrs Baldwin (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Adam Had Four Sons (VHS Tape)
I don't understand why this film doesn't get better ratings than it does. Everyone seems to think it an overly saccharine piece of cinema. Personally, I find it very nice - tasteful, romantic, and not too heavy. Sure, maybe it was weird to have Emilie come back after the boys were grown up. But if I remember correctly, they wanted her to come back and she had promised she would. Anything wrong with keeping a promise?That aside... The only complaints that I have is that the end IS a bit abrupt - suddenly everything is cleared up, Adam proposes and before they even kiss the words "The End" appear. And Susan Hayward's character is really annoying. Hester. Who in their right mind would name their girl Hester? Anyway. Helen Westley is a minor character here, Aunt Phillipa. June Lockhart is the neighbour girl who falls in love with Adam's youngest son. I liked her better as the Praslin daughter in All This and Heaven Too, but she fit the part finely here all the same. My favourite scene is the one when Emilie decides that Hester is going to leave. Very rarely do you ever get to see sweet, pretty Ingrid taking command like she does in that scene. My recommendation is to give this movie a chance at least and make a rational judgement about it before believing that it's only second-rate sugar.
3.0 out of 5 stars
GOOD CAST...SO SO MOVIE,
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This review is from: Adam Had Four Sons (VHS Tape)
This is a family saga of a huband (Warren Baxter) and wife (Fay Wray) who have four sons. As they are quite well to do, they hire a French governess (Ingrid Bergman) for the boys. Several years later, the wife falls ill and dies. The governess becomes the mother figure. Shortly after, the stock market crashes and the father loses everything and is forced to send the governess away with a promise to send for her as soon as he can. This is where the movie becomes somewhat implausible. The father sends for her years later, but the boys are fully grown young men. They obviously do not need a governess. Yet, she lives with them. It is obvious to all that the father and the governess are in love, but nary a word of such passes between them. Out of the clear blue, one of the sons marries a beautiful, but loose woman (Susan Hayward). The governess does not like this son's wife and with good reason. The wife soon commences an affair with one of her husband's brothers. Soon, this serene household become a hot bed of angst. After her husband discovers the affair with his brother, who has since repudiated this vixen, she is ordered to leave the house. She does so, and the father finally asks the long suffering governess to marry him. The performances by the cast are strong, but the screenplay falters. This is a predictable, though somewhat mediocre film that one may find mildly enjoyable, if one loves old films in general. If not, skip it.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Well, Here's an Argument for Population Control!,
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This review is from: Adam Had Four Sons (VHS Tape)
I rented "Adam Had Four Sons" because of its promising cast: Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Fay Wray, and Susan Hayward. How could it miss? Ah, but it does. Ingrid is very implausible as the servant/mother figure to Warner's sons after Fay's untimely death. Ingrid and Warner learn to love each other. Then, because of gossip, she leaves him and the sons in the lurch. Enter some years later, Susan as a vixen engaged to one son but making her play for another. Enter Ingrid again to put a stop to this shameful behavior. Enter me to turn it off. Just too ridiculously played, not even good enough for camp.
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