TCM Premieres....

[kingrat]

I really like Ginger Coffey and it gives one a good feeling of Montreal in the 60's. Besides great performances from Shaw and Ure, Libby McLintock is good as their daughter and watch for Liam Redmond as the Scottish managing editor and Tom Harvey as Joe McGlade. Enjoy!

I enjoyed the film, but didn't understand the ending. We are to imply she took him back? I missed the intro so I was unsure where this was taking place at first. Even later was unsure what city (obviously Quebec)

It's set in Montreal. The ending does imply that she takes him back; she allows him inside rather than closing the door on him. Well, people make bad decisions all the time! Apparently the novel makes the ending clearer (per Wiki).

There are parallels to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, with the (allegedly) charming ne'er-do-well father and the practical mother. It's easier to find the James Dunn character charming, as he's seen through his young daughter's eyes. Charm doesn't come as easily to Robert Shaw (as fine as his performance is) as to James Dunn, and looked at head-on, Ginger Coffey is not an appealing character. The location shooting is a huge plus, with Montreal, its apartments, the newspaper office and printing press, and so on, not to mention the cars with tailfins, which car aficionados will appreciate.

[Hibi]

I really like Ginger Coffey and it gives one a good feeling of Montreal in the 60's. Besides great performances from Shaw and Ure, Libby McLintock is good as their daughter and watch for Liam Redmond as the Scottish managing editor and Tom Harvey as Joe McGlade. Enjoy!

I enjoyed the film, but didn't understand the ending. We are to imply she took him back? I missed the intro so I was unsure where this was taking place at first. Even later was unsure what city (obviously Quebec)

It's set in Montreal. The ending does imply that she takes him back; she allows him inside rather than closing the door on him. Well, people make bad decisions all the time! Apparently the novel makes the ending clearer (per Wiki).

There are parallels to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, with the (allegedly) charming ne'er-do-well father and the practical mother. It's easier to find the James Dunn character charming, as he's seen through his young daughter's eyes. Charm doesn't come as easily to Robert Shaw (as fine as his performance is) as to James Dunn, and looked at head-on, Ginger Coffey is not an appealing character. The location shooting is a huge plus, with Montreal, its apartments, the newspaper office and printing press, and so on, not to mention the cars with tailfins, which car aficionados will appreciate.

Yeah, I got that near the end (Montreal) someone alluded to it (maybe in the court scene? can't remember) I wanted to throw a brick at Mary Ure at the end. WHAT are you doing????