by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Confidentially Connie is an MGM factory product starring Janet Leigh and Van Johnson. Upon learning she is pregnant, Leigh tries to convince her husband Johnson, a humble teacher, to find a better-paying job. But Johnson is a proud man, so much so that he refuses to request money from his wealthy father (Louis Calhern). Somehow this plotline was related to the dilemma of rising meat prices in the postwar era. In the 1930s, MGM would have stretched Confidentially Connie well past its welcome, say for about 100 minutes; but 1953 was a year of austerity, thus this harmless little comedy breezed along at 74 minutes.
characteristics
- Husband-and-wife
- Finances
- Financial
- Price-war
- Professor
- Meat
- Foibles Of Marriage
- Father-in-law
- Poverty
- Deprivation
- Assist
- Deal [agreement]
- Aid
- Help
- Butcher
