Most critical notices of the film tended to be mixed. Nick is pulled toward anything mechanical, especially the sports car owned by Fran Templeton. From frame one it's clear to see that this film underwent an exhaustive restoration. Nicky doesn't rebel against farm life, but ends up gravitating toward anything mechanical, especially the sports car owned by sophisticated Fran Templeton - the elder daughter of Dan Templeton, who owns the luxurious neighboring horse farm - and by association Fran. The judge figured this more wholesome environment would get Nicky away from his bad influences. About the races, Nick is told that he only has to win one of the two heats to make it into the finals.
It doesn't take Nick very long to start turning heads. With his driver's license now suspended, he's been shipped off to work for his Uncle Jed Arthur O'Connell and Aunt Henrietta Jeanette Nolan on their scenic rural farm. There's little if any doubt of their outcome - even when there is a late third act setup that threatens to put Nick on the wrong side of the law again. Quite a change from today's standard fare. Boone is a more assured performer in this second film, turning in an easy, affable performance. In the finals, Uncle Jed, from the sidelines, has in his mind what Nick needs to do, Nick doing exactly that during the race. Cline, it was the fourth most popular movie of 1957 and stars , , , , , and Bradford Jackson.
Seeing as how Levin and Boone would work together again in 1959's 'Journey to the Center of the Earth,' it's easy to see they got along and enjoyed each other's company. In 1957 Pat Boone would not only be invited to sing at President Eisenhower's inaugural ball, but he would star in 'Bernardine' and 'April Love,' and go on to star in 1959's ',' cementing his place in American cinema. Right away he meets local blonde beauties Fran Templeton Dolores Michaels and her younger single sister Liz Shirley Jones. The real highlight moments for this track are during the drag race and sulky horserace scenes. As he didn't want to kiss Jones because he was worried about offending his wife, he asked Levin to delay the shot for one day so he could discuss it with her. Updated daily and in real-time, we track all high-def disc news and release dates, and review the latest disc titles.
The film really comes to life during the sulky training and the climactic horserace sequences. At the same time, Nick begins to prove his worth to his uncle Jed by fixing the long dead tractor and helping tame a wild stallion. Uncle Jed, who once raised, trained, and raced horses for , has neglected the farm. Unfortunately, the horse turned out to be a money-loser. During the race, Fran drives off the road, crashing through a , and damaging her. January 2015 Nick Conover , a youth, arrives at his Henrietta Bruce and Jed Bruce ,. I never wanted to make a depressing or immoral film.
Uncle Jed and Aunt Henrietta are surprised to see a calm Tugfire being led by Nick. The songs are catchy and are designed to make young hearts swoon, but they don't have that lasting punch most musicals of this era managed to hold onto. Yes, the 1944 Home in Indiana is a better movie, but it's also a very different movie. The does wht he can to treat Tugfire. As it stands, 'April Love' is a nice movie, but the story just isn't very compelling. Only the Bruces and the local know why Nick moved there.
Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. Henrietta wants to be a part of Nicky's salvation, but Jed doesn't trust the fact of a delinquent being under his roof, although he has other more personal reasons not having to do with Nicky for his initially antagonistic relationship with his nephew. Uncle Jed believes that he can train Nick to ride Tugfire in harness races, despite Nick knowing nothing about horses. April Love is light and easy to watch, a feel good movie. This movie is more amusing to me for its place in American history within the context of the cultural fence war between Elvis Presley and Pat Boone. Nick goes, and is amazed at how lavish the Templeton farm is compared to his aunt and uncle's. It became an unexpected publicity angle.
His character suffers a minor brush with the law and heads to Kentucky to rehabilitate himself, where he falls in love with local girl Shirley Jones. Nick, wanting to do the right thing, confesses that Fran's report as is correct. April Love was shot in and around Lexington, Kentucky. Director Henry Levin does a fine enough job managing the production keeping things light and fun. A magical time thirty years before I was born where television was wholesome, music was chaste, and cinema screens were loaded with competing colorful widescreen formats. Liz, attracted to Nick, helps him with the jalopy to spend time with him. The move is part of Nick's condition after being for in a with his.
Uncle Jed decides to pull Nick and Tugfire from the finals because he realizes he has placed too much pressure on Nick. Black levels and shadows offer a striking sense of depth to the image with little if any instances of crush. At least that's the way the story was told at the time. Fran is the daughter of the wealthy neighbor to the north. Flesh tones appear spot on, Pat Boone has always been very tan in the films he stared in and everyone else looks healthy and appropriately pink. Performances are fine all around.