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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302010992
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6302010993
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Sales Rank: 7182
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: June 14, 1956
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Stars Can't Rescue Dreary Material
Dreary settings, dreary story, dreary moralistic ending. Bette Davis attempts a lower-class New York Irish accent, with little success, and there is absolutely no chemistry between her and Ernest Borgnine, doing a rehash of his Marty role with a bitter edge. Debbie Reynolds in a non-comic role is surprisingly good, but also unconvincing as the poor daughter of a cab driver. Barry Fitzgerald provides a much-needed spark of life, and, of course, is the only one with a convincing characterization. ... Read More
Rating:  - A Woman Who Wants More
Bette Davis glumly acts her way through this working class-soap opera by Paddy Chayevsky, whose inherent misogyny undercuts his social realist message. Davis plays Agnes Hurley, a poor, but socially ambitious woman in the Bronx married to Tom, a decent, but not too bright, cabbie. The title "A Catered Affair" refers to the elaborate wedding she's planning for her daughter Jane, even though it will wipe out their life savings. But Jane defies her mother and decides on a private wedding and adding insult ... Read More
Rating: - I love this!!!
This movie is kind of depressing in some ways, but it hit me in a special way, and I love this film. I think the reason I like this so much is the fact that the characters are real, and the situations are real. The relationships are frustrating to say the least, but the actors do such a good job of selling themselves to you, that you are able to relate to them in some way. You may even realize that you are one of the characters on the screen!
I never was a Bette Davis fan until recently, ... Read More
Rating: - It's a Fantastic Catered Affair, with Bette Davis
This is a great Bette Davis/Ernest Borgnine film from 1956.
It isn't enough that her daughter be happily married to a man she loves. The wedding must be a catered affair. The best. So says middle-class housewife Aggie Hurley (Bette Davis) when her daughter Jane (Debbie Reynolds) announces she will be married "next Tuesday." A fancy wedding will wipe out the family's meager savings and husband Tom's (Ernest Borgnine's) dream of buying his own taxicab business. But Aggie sees only the wedding she ... Read More
Rating: - BETTE DAVIS NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME!!!!!!!
I have enjoyed many Bette Davis movies, but had never seen this underrated gem. There are so many layers of this story that really blend together, as well as a truly talented cast. This film should be a must see guide for the single and engaged women who fall under the pressures and outrageous expense of getting married. So many women make the mistake of falling in love with the fantasy of a wedding and not the reality of taking vows and knowing the true meaning of being married after the honeymoon is over. ... Read More
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