Not as great as Resnais' earlier documentaries, perhaps, but very very rare! Gershwin fans will love it for sure, and for Resnais admirers it's a must too. Resnais relies more on talking heads and traditional techniques of television, differntiating this storngly from the likes of Night and Fog. but the interviews are enmeshed in a graphic style that makes the film into somethi...
Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her clients by passing along bits of information she hears from other clients. She falls in love with one of her clients, the playwright Jeffrey Moss, and is determined to meet him. The trouble is, on the phone to him, she always pretends to be an old woman whom he calls "Mom."
At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring 20's, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane (June Allyson) falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe (Peter Lawford). Unfortunately, he has his eye on gold-digging vamp Pat McClellan. Tommy's grades start to slip, which keeps him from playing in the big game. Connie eventually finds out Tommy really loves her and devises a plan to win h...