The Story of Three Loves (1953)

Directed by

Gottfried Reinhardt, Vincente Minnelli

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three separate love stories are told. One is about a ballet dancer and a jealous composer. Another involves a young woman and an older man on a ship. The third is about a trapeze artist who wants to find a new partner.

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What happens

The Story of Three Loves (also known as Equilibrium) is a 1953 American Technicolor romantic anthology film made by MGM. It consists of three stories, "The Jealous Lover", "Mademoiselle", and "Equilibrium". The film was produced by Sidney Franklin. "Mademoiselle" was directed by Vincente Minnelli, while Gottfried Reinhardt directed the other two segments. The screenplays were written by John Collier ("The Jealous Lover", "Equilibrium"), Jan Lustig ("Equilibrium", "Mademoiselle"), and George Froeschel ("Equilibrium", "Mademoiselle"). "The Jealous Lover" stars Moira Shearer and James Mason; "Mademoiselle" features Leslie Caron, Farley Granger, Ethel Barrymore, and Ricky Nelson; Pier Angeli and Kirk Douglas headline "Equilibrium". The music score is by Miklós Rózsa. The soundtrack features extended excerpts from Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, performed by the pianist Jakob Gimpel for "The Jealous Lover". Choreography for "The Jealous Lover" was by Frederick Ashton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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