In 1959, a widower hires a kindly housekeeper/nanny to care for his seven-year-old daughter.
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Title: Corrina, Corrina (1994)
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Noreen Hennessey | ... | High Heels (as Noreen Hennessy) |
| Lucy Webb | ... | Shirl | |
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Erica Yohn | ... | Grandma Eva |
| Tina Majorino | ... | Molly Singer | |
| Ray Liotta | ... | Manny Singer | |
| Don Ameche | ... | Grandpa Harry | |
| Larry Miller | ... | Sid | |
| Joan Cusack | ... | Jonesy | |
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Juney Ellis | ... | Miss O'Herlihy (as June C. Ellis) |
| Mimi Lieber | ... | Rita Lang | |
| Karen Leigh Hopkins | ... | Liala Sheffield | |
| Lin Shaye | ... | Repeat Nanny | |
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Pearl Huang | ... | Mrs. Wang |
| Marcus Toji | ... | Tommy Wang | |
| Louis Mustillo | ... | Joe Allechinetti | |
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When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople. Written by Alexander Lum <aj_lum@postoffice.utas.edu.au>
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26 August 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Corina, Corina See more »Filming Locations:
Alverno High School - 200 North Michillinda Avenue, Sierra Madre, California, USA See more »Edit
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$20,160,000Company Credits
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Corrina Washington: Manny, she was not ready to go back to school, yet.
Manny Singer: You're not her mother, Corrina! That's not your decision!
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Written by Berry Gordy and Billy Davis (as Roquel Billy Davis)
Performed by Jackie Wilson
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The song Molly starts playing continuously on the piano before stopping after the first seven notes with Corrina in a later scene helping Molly by playing the song's last six notes is John Mason Neale's "Good King Wenceslas" which is an English 1853 Christmas carol that was originated from Finland 300 years earlier. See more »Goofs
When Corinna says goodbye to the elderly woman and her dog, the dog's mouth does not open when she barks. See more »Quotes
Manny Singer: How dare you keep her out of school, Corrina! How dare you!Corrina Washington: Manny, she was not ready to go back to school, yet.
Manny Singer: You're not her mother, Corrina! That's not your decision!
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REET PETITE (THE SWEETEST GIRL IN TOWN)Written by Berry Gordy and Billy Davis (as Roquel Billy Davis)
Performed by Jackie Wilson
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This movie is beautiful from start to finish.
Whoopi Goldberg is perfectly casted as Corrina, a black (well, duh) nanny who is employed by a white Jew (very well played by Ray Liotta), to take care of his daughter Molly (again excellently played by Tina Majorino).
The plot. Manny Singer's (Ray) wife has just died leaving him and his 7 year old daughter (Tina) behind. Molly is a little lost after this and she doesn't speak a word to her father or anyone else. After employing a plethora of disastrous nannys Manny finally comes to Corrina, who is perfect. One problem: She's black, he's white, and this is 1959 segregated America.
After a little while Molly begins to talk again and is generally uplifted by Corrina, who seems to have this miraculous way of bringing people back to their feet, including Manny. Corrina and Manny fall in love against all odds, and what you get is a beautiful interracial romance that at that time is classed as wrong, even abnormal. No one approves apart from Molly and her Grandfather (Don Ameche).
One down side to this film, and I will add that it is the only down side, is the ending - you don't really know what happens. If I hadn't done a little research then I wouldn't have known that director Jessie Nelson had based this film on her true life story. She's black and her now husband of 40 odd years was white. This story is her story. They got married and lived happily ever after - but we have to guess. So the ending could have used a little bit more work. But that's it!! The movie is just wonderful. It's uplifting, heartbreaking, humorous and romantic.
My score: 10/10