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Sitting Pretty

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NR,1hr 24min
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January 1, 1948
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Synopsis: Clifton Webb has the role of a lifetime as Lynn Belvedere, self-styled genius and expert on everything. Belvedere accepts the job of baby-sitting the troublesome children of Robert Young and Maureen O'Hara; he wins the job by calmly dumping a bowl of cold oatmeal on the head of the couple's most contentious offspring! At first the family chafes at Belvedere's imperiousness and unlimited resourcefulness, but gradually everyone--especially the children--grow quite fond of the man. The couple's snoopy ... Full Synopsis
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Casting the villainous Clifton Webb -- he of the supremely oily elegance -- in a light and fluffy comedy was quite a gamble, but the gamble paid off in spades for Sitting Pretty. Despite a number of other important assets, Webb is the anchor that keeps bringing this lightweight comedy back to the earth with a deliciously solid and amusing thud; never a crash, of course, for, in this film at least, ... Full Review
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Mr. Taylor
Lynn Belvedere
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