Actors: Marlon Brando,David Niven,Shirley Jones,Dody Goodman,Aram Stephan,Parley Baer,Marie Windsor,Rebecca Sand,Frances Robinson,Henry Slate,Norman Alden,Susanne Cramer,Cynthia Lynn,Ilse Taurins,Francine York
Genre: Year: 1964
Imdb: click here "The delightful opening, lending fairy-tale connotations to the narrative (hence the title) and the various schemes by which the two male stars attempt to outwit one another in order to obtain Jones' favors (and, in the process, her money) constitute the film's highlights; these include the famous scene in which Brando poses as a paraplegic – recalling his celebrated debut performance in Fred Zinnemann's powerful social drama THE MEN (1950) – as a result of which Jones arranges for him to be "cured" by renowned shrink Niven! I watched the film via the R2 DVD from Orbit Media, presenting the Universal film in a full-screen format; I haven't been able to ascertain what the original aspect ratio was, but I didn't find the compositions overly compromised; for the record, BEDTIME STORY is still unavailable on R1 DVD and one wonders what held it from being included in Universal's four-film 2-Disc Set of "The Marlon Brando Franchise Collection""
