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The Story of Three Loves

1953 2h 2m Drama List
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Three passengers aboard an ocean liner reminisce about past loves. In "The Jealous Lover," an acclaimed ballet choreographer (James Mason) remembers his tragic relationship with a talented young ballerina (Moira Shearer). In "Mademoiselle," a young boy is magically transformed into a grown-up (Farley Granger) who then sparks a romance with his governess (Leslie Caron). In "Equilibrium," a trapeze artist (Kirk Douglas) asks a suicidal woman (Pier Angeli) to join his death-defying act.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A decent middle-brow piece, with fine acting and lots of star power. Rated: B- Oct 16, 2018 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Like all anthologies, MGM's Stories of Three Loves is uneven: best segment is Mademoiselle, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring the grand Ethel Barrymore and the very young Ricky Nelson. Rated: B- Mar 18, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This work is very different from modern films in its concept and pacing. It's three short stories, linked only by protagonists being on the same ship. One about a ballet choreographer and his new discovery, another about a boy who wishes he was grown up already and a third about a high wire acrobat who rescues a woman from an attempted suicide. The first and last linger a long time on their respective arts, with riveting performances. Just don't expect fast paced editing. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member The reason that this is three short films is that none of the concepts is good enough to support a feature. Well, almost. The Jealous Lover could with expansion support a feature-- and it did as The Red Shoes. We have a ballerina who must die for her love of dance and an imposing ballet impresario. Of course here they have dumbed things down by having her die from a heart condition. And the impresario is definitely written down to be more warm and fuzzy than Lermontov. The only thing MGM really added was to pick a great piece of music like the Paganini Rhapsody which does liven things up. Mademoiselle is a cute idea stretched out a bit too long. Equilibrium is mainly of interest for the trapeze work. The characters need some serious re-thinking. Douglas was in terrific shape for this. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Omnibus films were all the rage in the early 1950's and MGM jumped on the bandwagon with this one; because of the studio's star resources, Metro was able to pepper the film with many great performers, and added director Vincente Minnelli (along with Gottfried Reinhardt) for good measure. The result is an uneven experience, with Minnelli's "Mademoiselle" segment standing out. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review s r I enjoyed these three very different stories showing different definitions of love. Interesting that they have two sports involved, ballet and aerobatics. The other involved one having a spell cast. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member all star irectors & all star cast makes this technicolor melodrama anthology go we find the gr8 Moira Shearer as u guessed it still hopelessly typecast post 'the red shoes' as another ballet dancer Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The first third of the film truly touches the heart. Moira Shearer dances as if inspired from within and personifies the true beauty of feminine being. The other two stories are OK, but having the Moira Shearer/James Mason ballet centered movie is more than worth the price of the set -- especially if you like the music of Rachmaninoff's Variation on the Theme of Paganini. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Three passengers aboard an ocean liner reminisce about past loves. In "The Jealous Lover," an acclaimed ballet choreographer (James Mason) remembers his tragic relationship with a talented young ballerina (Moira Shearer). In "Mademoiselle," a young boy is magically transformed into a grown-up (Farley Granger) who then sparks a romance with his governess (Leslie Caron). In "Equilibrium," a trapeze artist (Kirk Douglas) asks a suicidal woman (Pier Angeli) to join his death-defying act.
Director
Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt
Producer
Sidney Franklin
Screenwriter
Jonathan Collier, Jan Lustig, George Froeschel
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 20, 2009
Runtime
2h 2m