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...CACTUS FLOWER. If love is a delicate blossom in the desert of life, the French may claim to be the most happy of horticulturists. This romantic comedy, expertly transplanted from the banks of the Seine by Abe Burrows, cleverly tramples the grapes of mirth...
...CACTUS FLOWER. Like most Gallic romantic comedies, this farce is based on three things: lies, lies, lies. A Don Juanish dentist (Barry Nelson) tells them with aplomb. His gullible mistress (Brenda Vaccaro) accepts them with compassion. And his waspish nurse (Lauren Bacall) uncovers them with delight...
...CACTUS FLOWER. Like most Gallic romantic comedies, this farce is based on three things: lies, lies, lies. A Don Juanish dentist (Barry Nelson) tells them with aplomb. His gullible mistress (Brenda Vaccaro) accepts them with compassion. And his waspish nurse (Lauren Bacall) uncovers them with delight...
...Moscow there are other forces, other plans. When the revolution comes, Papa's bank account, position, all go into the Red. The family must eat; Vladimir, the hothouse flower, protected and indulged during his first 17 years, blossoms into a full-time professional pianist at 18. Only 200 people -most of them admitted free - attend his first concert. At the second, there are more paying customers. The third is a sellout. The career and the reputation gather velocity but not money. Vladimir is paid with bread, sausages, clothing; he is, literally, the family breadwinner...
...flower, she's my sun flower...