December 12 movie: The Tender Trap. I find the gender attitudes of this movie fairly appalling: first of all, Frank Sinatra plays a bachelor who uses dozens of women, I mean it, his pathetic girlfriends are legion. Then Debbie Reynolds shows up, goes on like 2 dates with Sinatra, and then indignantly demands that he completely change his life to be more like the man she wants to marry. Debbie hon, did you ever consider dating someone who already was the kind of man you want to settle down with? Just a thought!
Much as I hate the message of this movie, I still enjoy the movie. It's Sinatra in fine form, from his koo koo swinging cat era, which is worth two hours of my time any day. Even though he doesn't sing except for the end credits.
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