March 26 movie: Love Is A Ball. Charles Boyer heads up a team of con artists trying to entrap an American heiress into marrying a poor European nobleman (Ricardo Montalban), but she falls in love with the chauffeur (Glenn Ford) instead. Uh oh, he's in on the plan!
I probably wouldn't have watched this if any of my Netflix movies had arrived, but I really enjoyed it. Glenn Ford is good as the understated romantic lead, even when he's too old for the heroine. The supporting cast were the best part of the movie for me. I've mentioned before how much I adore Ricardo Montalban. Here he takes a terrible character -- the pauper grand duke is basically an incompetent oaf -- and makes him not just sympathetic but totally likeable. Telly Savalas is also wonderful as the heiress' uncle.
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