The Black Velvet Gown

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Sarah Y @Princess_Sarah_Yo Jan 2 I thought the movie, wasn't to bad, the actress who plays the protagonist Biddy does a good job in making her likeable and showing off her strengths and character, who's independent and learned, with her own dreams and aspiration. For a Catherine Cookson adaption its not half bad, there is some bad writing, I think from the movie with it not explaining why the oldest son Davey isn't able to return too the house, and what the master did. Also there was a lot of jumps in the story, and things happen with no explanation. But not to bad.... See more 03/10/2020 Loved it! Not usually a fan of romances (it's not a romance, but in part) and generally hate "romcom". This is a classic, Romeo, Juliette, Cinderella (Pygmalion, which sickens me - you're a statue - you don't even exist!) story (but much more) that lives in the real history of the treatment of the "halves and the have nots" and how our society actually evolved. "How dare you be poor and properly, classically educated . . ." Definitely will watch this again - looking for the book. See more 08/10/2014 This movie really has two stories in one: first is the story of the widow with her three children searching for a place after being left peniless and alone; second is the story of one of the children growing up into a young woman and finding her own place in the world - the latter being the one I found most interesting. Biddy is a girl who is really too clever to be working as a servant, and too proud to hide it and act 'her place'. In those times, servants were not expected to be able to sign their own names, let alone read poetry and stories the way Biddy does, and boy does it get her into trouble. Biddy makes an excellent protagonist and heroine: she is clever but too proud to hide it; she is a servant but is unwilling to be told what to think; pretty but too cynical to welcome male attention; has no power yet stands up to injustice all the same. Overall, it was a movie I thoroughly enjoyed watching and one of the more optimistic of the Catherine Cookson series of films. See more 06/06/2006 It was really close to the book, See more Read all reviews

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