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Tenth Avenue Angel

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Eight-year-old Flavia Mills (Margaret O'Brien) lives in a tenement building in New York City with her family. Her aunt, Susan (Angela Lansbury), awaits the return of her fiancé, Steve (George Murphy), who has been in prison. Upon Steve's return, Flavia tries to help him regain her aunt's love and find his place in society. But, when Flavia learns the truth about Steve's criminal past, her faith in humanity is brought into question, and she must try to face adversity with her usual optimism.

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Frances H Although Margaret O'Brien and a good cast struggle their way through this rather tedious screenplay, the script writers let them all down with a plot that is all over the place and super schmaltzy! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/26/21 Full Review Audience Member This is one of Margaret O'Brien's weaker films. She's the little girl that played in Meet Me In St. Louis, but although her character here is not as annoying as the precocious girl in Meet Me In St. Louis, she's still cloying and appears to have been surrounded by a wise family. Margaret O'Brien was 9-10 years old here, this movie had had production problems which kind of ruined the film for her because at times, she doesn't look much like an 8-year-old. Though, I still loved her marvelous performance and the expressions and emotions she conveys are real. This just strikes me as something that they have wasted Margaret's talent on, the director didn't seem to get her to perform her scenes as well as she did in other movies. And the script could've been rewritten in order for the movie to be a great one. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/11/15 Full Review Audience Member a drama star vehicle 4 o'brien Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member question ; what is the hand gesture that george murphy does on the street with flavia about a white horse ?? Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member It's heart is in the right place but this is puerile and cloying. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Near perferction! This movie almost made me start believing in miracles too. Margaret O'Brien was charming and adorable, super talented kid who was spunky yet lovable but not overly sappy-cute. Very talented, very believable. Great movie, truly a classic! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Eight-year-old Flavia Mills (Margaret O'Brien) lives in a tenement building in New York City with her family. Her aunt, Susan (Angela Lansbury), awaits the return of her fiancé, Steve (George Murphy), who has been in prison. Upon Steve's return, Flavia tries to help him regain her aunt's love and find his place in society. But, when Flavia learns the truth about Steve's criminal past, her faith in humanity is brought into question, and she must try to face adversity with her usual optimism.
Director
Roy Rowland
Producer
Ralph Wheelwright
Screenwriter
Eleanore Griffin, Harry Ruskin
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Holiday, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 20, 2016
Runtime
1h 14m
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