April Love (1957)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Henry Levin

Writers:

George Agnew Chamberlain (novel)
Winston Miller (writer)

Release Date:

18 February 1958 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical

Plot:

A young man visiting his relatives' farm in Kentucky falls in love with their neighbor.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Based On Novel

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Pat Boone	...	Nick Conover
Shirley Jones	...	Liz Templeton
Dolores Michaels	...	Fran Templeton
Arthur O'Connell	...	Jed Bruce
Matt Crowley	...	Dan Templeton
Jeanette Nolan	...	Henrietta Bruce
Bradford Jackson	...	Al Turner (as Brad Jackson)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:Unrated | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Elvis Presley saw this movie in 1957. In 1962 and 1964, he worked with co-star of the film Arthur O'Connell.

Movie Connections:

Version of Home in Indiana (1944)

Soundtrack:

April Love

I'm kind of partial to this one.

This film is one of those clean cut, light hearted, just fun movies. The scenery is beautiful and the plot is simple. Of course watching Pat Boone play a bad boy (I use that term loosely since by today's standards, his behavior would be considered clean cut) is a bit hard to swallow. This movie was quite a bit before my time, but there are 2 reasons why I have a biased liking for this movie. One, it takes place in Kentucky where I happen to have been raised and still live. I think this movie is the best representation for what makes Kentucky such a great place. And 2 I am the grandson of the man that played Ed Hargraves, the horse trainer (Nelson Malone). He only has 2 or 3 lines, but our family looks forward to seeing this film every year and waiting for Nelson Malone to appear and speak his few lines.