Gary Cooper was excellent as "Sergeant York." And, he played some other early roles in which his character was slow, deliberate, either thoughtful or hesitant. But in "One Sunday Afternoon" it doesn't work except to drag this film on and on and on. The plot isn't very complicated, but the screenplay stretches it out to boredom. Most of the cast in this film even seem wooden - as though they haven't yet got used to being able to move around in sound pictures from the earliest talkies when the microphones were stationary.
Cooper's role as Biff Grimes is the stiffest. The story itself is weak and stagy. I think both females played their roles well, Fay Wray with her change in character was good. But Frances Fuller gives the best performance as Amy Lind and is the reason this film gets five stars, instead of fewer.
This is one time when a remake of a film is far better than the original. "The Strawberry blonde" of 1941 was even superb. All of the characters had more life, and the changes in the story worked just fine. I can't recommend this film at all - except for those who like to nap with background noise.
Cooper's role as Biff Grimes is the stiffest. The story itself is weak and stagy. I think both females played their roles well, Fay Wray with her change in character was good. But Frances Fuller gives the best performance as Amy Lind and is the reason this film gets five stars, instead of fewer.
This is one time when a remake of a film is far better than the original. "The Strawberry blonde" of 1941 was even superb. All of the characters had more life, and the changes in the story worked just fine. I can't recommend this film at all - except for those who like to nap with background noise.