| Synopsis: Never mind the top-billed Ronald W. Reagan; the real stars of Louisa are sprightly seniors Charles Coburn, Spring Byington and Edmund Gwenn. Spring plays Reagan's widowed mother, who is outwardly satisfied with her lot but inwardly lonely. Enter Coburn and Gwenn, who vie for Spring's attentions. Uptight Ronnie disapproves of his mother's dalliances, and has additional problems with his spunky daughter (Piper Laurie), who has just begun dating. Spring Byington and Charles Coburn worked so well together ... Full Synopsis
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| While not a film that would make anyone's "best" list, Louisa is nevertheless a thoroughly winning little light comedy. What makes Louisa unusual is the fact that it deals with a romance among the "older set," rather than among young people. This could be dangerous, as a writer could tend to go for sentimentalizing this situation, but scenarist Stanley Roberts does a fine job of keeping sentiment to ... Read Review | |
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