Three Guys Named Mike
I have got to say that I did not have very high expectations for Three Guys Named Mike. But the movie was surprisingly funny!
The movie starts with Marcie (Jane Wyman) going off to airline stewardess school. She's a bit of a know-it-all and is always managing things for her family. This tendancy comes with Marcy to her new job, but she still manages to graduate and start being a real airline stewardess. But on her way to work one day, the cab she is in has a flat. So who drives by but the first Mike (Howard Keel), a pilot, who gives her a ride to the airport. She manages to insult pilots and not make him very happy. On this flight, Marcie also forgets to bring the lunches for the passengers, and they have to turn around to get them. Of course, Marcie almost gets fired, but Mike intercedes and she gets to keep her job.
Marcie then ends up flying the trips to and from Hollywood instead of her usual flights with Mike. On her first flight she meets Mike number two (Van Johnson) who helps her manage a unruly child. He's an intellectual -- into biology or chemistry or something like that.
But once in Hollywood and while Marcie and her roommate look for a bungalow, they get a run-down battery. And a man (Barry Sullivan) is available to give them a push to get the car started again. (How this works to restart a dead battery, I don't know...but it's a movie so I will accept it!) He is (of course!) named Mike and an ad executive. Marcie gets involved with creating an ad campaign with him for Gardenia Soap.
Eventually the Mikes find out about each other. They wind up being Mike (Johnson), Michael (Keel), and Mickey (Sullivan). Each courts Marcie in their own way, but eventually Marcie has to choose. Each of the Mikes ask her to marry her, but only Mike (Johnson) says that he loves her. Awww. The real Mike wins out in the end, and Marcie leaves with him in tow to her next destination.
The movie is not so surprisngly cheesy, but it's still cute. Johnson is quite endearing as the professor Mike. However, if I were Marcie, I would have gone with Keel for my Mike. He's adorable in this movie, although perhaps a little brash compared to the intellectual-esque Johnson. I would actually watch this one again! Cheesy goodness!
FILE UNDER: Classic Films ; Van Johnson
The movie starts with Marcie (Jane Wyman) going off to airline stewardess school. She's a bit of a know-it-all and is always managing things for her family. This tendancy comes with Marcy to her new job, but she still manages to graduate and start being a real airline stewardess. But on her way to work one day, the cab she is in has a flat. So who drives by but the first Mike (Howard Keel), a pilot, who gives her a ride to the airport. She manages to insult pilots and not make him very happy. On this flight, Marcie also forgets to bring the lunches for the passengers, and they have to turn around to get them. Of course, Marcie almost gets fired, but Mike intercedes and she gets to keep her job.
Marcie then ends up flying the trips to and from Hollywood instead of her usual flights with Mike. On her first flight she meets Mike number two (Van Johnson) who helps her manage a unruly child. He's an intellectual -- into biology or chemistry or something like that.
But once in Hollywood and while Marcie and her roommate look for a bungalow, they get a run-down battery. And a man (Barry Sullivan) is available to give them a push to get the car started again. (How this works to restart a dead battery, I don't know...but it's a movie so I will accept it!) He is (of course!) named Mike and an ad executive. Marcie gets involved with creating an ad campaign with him for Gardenia Soap.
Eventually the Mikes find out about each other. They wind up being Mike (Johnson), Michael (Keel), and Mickey (Sullivan). Each courts Marcie in their own way, but eventually Marcie has to choose. Each of the Mikes ask her to marry her, but only Mike (Johnson) says that he loves her. Awww. The real Mike wins out in the end, and Marcie leaves with him in tow to her next destination.
The movie is not so surprisngly cheesy, but it's still cute. Johnson is quite endearing as the professor Mike. However, if I were Marcie, I would have gone with Keel for my Mike. He's adorable in this movie, although perhaps a little brash compared to the intellectual-esque Johnson. I would actually watch this one again! Cheesy goodness!
FILE UNDER: Classic Films ; Van Johnson
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