A MILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTY

US, 1951, 91 minutes, Black and white.
Eleanor Parker, Fred MacMurray?, Richard Carlson, Douglass Dumbrille.
Directed by George Marshall.

A Millionaire for Christy is a pleasantly inconsequential '50s comedy, much ado about very little. Eleanor Parker enjoys herself as the secret partner of a law firn and as a gold-digging, swooning and pursuing the millionaire that she has to inform about his grand fortune. Fred MacMurray? also enjoys himself as a radio personality (for corny stories and advertisements) and the inheritor of the money. There are a lot of misunderstandings since it is his wedding day. Much noise, driving, being stranded on the beach, with Spanish-Americans?, with a psychiatrist, everything is finally resolved. In the meantime, MacMurray? has foolishly signed away all his fortune not knowing that he really had inherited the money. Richard Carlson also enjoys himself as the scheming, psychiatrist.

Direction is by George Marshall, a veteran of Westerns and comedies. The film is a pleasant diversion on the American dream. It has a pleasant Victor Young score and the song 'I Don't Have a Ghost of a Chance Without You'.