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The Member of the Wedding

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The Member of the Wedding (1953)

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Reviews Counted: 8

Fresh: 7

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 7.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Ethel Waters stars in this award-winning Broadway play adapted for the screen. Georgia, 1945. Frankie Addams, an angst-ridden, pre-pubescent tomboy, spends hours daydreaming. The motherless youngster fantasizes about being a... Ethel Waters stars in this award-winning Broadway play adapted for the screen. Georgia, 1945. Frankie Addams, an angst-ridden, pre-pubescent tomboy, spends hours daydreaming. The motherless youngster fantasizes about being a member of her brother's wedding but is saddened when she learns she won't be going along on the honeymoon. Mr. Addams, Frankie's father, is oblivious to the physical and emotional changes his daughter's going through. So when she's troubled, Frankie turns to Berenice, the family's black cook, with whom she finds solace, companionship and joy. [More]

Starring: Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Arthur Franz

Starring: Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Arthur Franz, Nancy Gates, James Edwards, Dickie Moore, June Hedin, Ann Carter, Harry Bolden, Danny Mummert

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Director: Fred Zinnemann

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An overly static adaptation of Carson McCullers' 1950 Broadway hit about the end of adolescence, saved by the playwright's dialogue.

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02/21/07
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Zinnemann's evocation of painful childhood boasts lyrical dialogue from screipters Edna and Edward Anhalt, who altered very little of Carson McCuller's terrif book, first adapted to the stage in 1950.

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Emanuel Levy
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Wonderful, moving play-based film featuring great Ethel Waters performance.

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Steve Crum
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The story is pleasantly enacted and the scenery and skiing are superb.

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03/25/06
Bosley Crowther
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Classic performances.

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Dull and droopy -- a stage transplant that didn't take.

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