Movie #1101 ........................."Key to the City" (1950)

Movie #1101 "Key to the City" was just okay, bordering on the boring side.  I was quite disappointed because I love Loretta Young and Clark Gable --- but I hadn't seen them paired together.  I felt there was very little chemistry, and the characters were set up to be polar opposites so that we would be oh so surprised they ended up together --- go figure!  They seemed to be playing caricatures of the real  people so the humor was way exaggerated --- gee, their first outing they end up in jail, and for a Harvard gradate (she) that is way too atypical!  Too stereotypical for my money, and I have to admit I fell asleep in the middle some where --- I LOVE classic romantic comedies, but this isn't one of them.

Key to the city 1950    101 minutes      black & white 

I would give it 2.8 stars out of 5.

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. ...  See full summary »

Director:

 George Sidney

Writers:

 Albert Beich (story), Robert Riley Crutcher

Stars:

 Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Frank Morgan

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home.