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starring: Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy, Sheila Bond, John Alexanderdirected by: George Cukor
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304329023
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6304329024
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: February 11, 1997
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 51149
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1952-02
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
From the dour vantage point of divorce court, Florence (Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday) and Chet Keefer (Aldo Ray) recount the tale of their rocky marriage. Despite its jaunty title, The Marrying Kind is a surprisingly realistic portrait of marriage, with all its expectations, disappointments, compromises, fights, and intimacies. Florence and Chet are tested by trouble and loss, but it's finally good fortune that threatens to pull them apart. The judge in their case, however, thinks they should give it another try. Holliday perfected a ditzy/sexy persona that other actresses have emulated but never quite equalled; The Marrying Kind gave her the opportunity to show her dramatic chops. Though she rises to the challenge, the movie is an awkward blend of humor and pathos. Fans of hoarse-voiced palooka Ray will enjoy his equally strong performance in this, his movie debut. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Working Class New York in the Fifties
Seen today, The Marrying Kind, a film about a young married couple and the hardships they endure in their marriage, demonstrates how the social safety net used to protect the working class in a way it doesn't today. Florence and Chet Keefer live in a two-bedroom rent-controlled apartment in Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan. Chet's a rough-around-the-edges guy with steady manufacturing job that gives him enough income to support his family, even though he constantly complains about money and dreams ... Read More
Rating:  - Unpretentious
I had known that this movie was listed in "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made" which I have found to be a good general guide for great movies off the popularity radar screen. Thus I came to it with some expectations but those expectations did not turn into disappointment. This is a very good movie although I rated it "4 stars" because, frankly, I've seen a lot of movies of a higher quality. What "The Marrying Kind" has to offer is a look at ourselves in a way that leaves us ... Read More
Rating: - Fine Acting
It's a shame Judy Holliday died so young and that the McCarthy Hearings hurt her career and, it's a crime that she did not do at least 3 movies a year for all of us to enjoy forever. She gave such natural performances you hardly felt it was acting. In this movie she was every bit as brilliant as she was in Born Yesterday. Aldo Ray in his first starring role gives a fine performance. The only thing I found wrong with the movie is that it mixes comedy and tragedy. The tragedy is not the pending divorce ... Read More
Rating: - A Lot of Fun
Judy Holliday and Aldo Ray make for a great screen team. They both have very unique acting styles that make for great screen chemistry. This is great film from director George Cukor. There was only one Judy Holliday and only one Aldo Ray when he was at the height of his popularity.
Rating: - The Superb Kind You'll Love
Movie: ***** DVD Quality: ****1/2 Extras: ****1/2
Judy Holliday and Aldo Ray are incandescent in this exquisite film, beautifully directed by George Cukor from a Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon script. The story concerns an average married couple who find themselves in divorce court, telling the history of their courtship and marriage to a wise and experienced judge (Madge Kennedy). As might be expected, their life together has been layered by incidents both happy and heartbreaking, the ... Read More
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