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With the possible exception of Margaret O'Brien, Joan Caulfield is Hollywood's most sexless female luminary. Whatever she lacks in personal appeal she also lacks in acting prowess and case in front of a camera, all of which makes her presence in "Welcome Stranger" highly depressing to Bing Crosby-Barry Fitzgerald purists. There is, however, enough of Crosby at his best to make the picture melodious and entertaining, while Fitzgerald commendably limits his concessions to quaintness, a restraint which keeps "Welcome Stranger," for the most part, from waxing mawkish...
...between the two remains roughly the same, progressing from initial distrust on Fitzgerald's part and disinterestedness on Crosby's to something approaching mutual adulation. To take another example, in "Going My Way" a big project was a foot to build a church for the old priest; in "Welcome Stranger," it's a hospital...
...Welcome Stranger. Drs. Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald lounge around in a nice easygoing comedy (TIME...
...Welcome Stranger (Paramount) and The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (RKO Radio...
...Welcome Stranger. Drs. Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald lounge around in a nice, mild, easy comedy (TIME...