Two words: Gleynis
Johns. She returns as Miranda — the
lovely, but oh so seductive mermaid from the 1948 film of the same title — on
Apr. 8 when VCI Entertainment brings the DVD debut of director Ralph Thomas’
glorious Technicolor comedy, Mad About Men, to the home
entertainment market place.
She pulls double-duty
here as both the mermaid Miranda, who meets her look-alike “relative” Caroline,
and in short order the two come up with a clever plan to switch places for a
fortnight. Caroline feigns an accident
that will leave her wheel chair-bound (the blanket to disguise Miranda’s true
features) and goes off on a bike trek to get away from it all.
With Miranda back among
men, she wastes little time creating chaos.
Her first target is Caroline’s fiance Ronald (Peter Martyn), a
dislikable public works bureaucrat, who has been dumping garbage into Miranda’s
ocean. She’ll fix that!
Once she gets rolling no
man is safe. Included in her flirtations
is Colonel
Barclay Sutton (Nicholas Phipps), the amore of the stuffy Barbara (Anne Crawford), who begins plotting an elaborate
revenge on “Caroline” (that is sure to backfire).
Jeff (Donald Sinden) also becomes a target, which drives Ronald, who
can’t figure what has gone wrong with his marriage plans, absolutely crazy.
Mad About Men is a terrific comedy, with a nifty twist ending —
not to be revealed here — plus the iconic “Miss Marple,” Margaret Rutherford is
on hand in a key comedic role.
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