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快樂天使 (1960)
Happily Ever After


Reviewed by: Stephe
Date: 01/27/2011

Happily Ever After has a woman masquerading as someone she's
not, like in Dreams Come True; and there is fiancee rivalry, like
in June Bride; and modeling for an agency figures in as a pretext
for plot development, like a Cinderella and Her Little Angels; but
I liked this film more than those others. Maybe it's because I'm
a sap for the lead, Lucilla You Min. The only time she's been
lovelier is in Sun, Moon and Star. Here, Lucilla has to pretend
to be commercial advertising artist Roy Chiao's fiancee when his
estranged wealthy father falls deathly ill and Roy's real fiancee
can't be located in time to visit the old man. Trouble ensues when
his father, who loathes Roy's golddigging real fiancee, develops
an instant liking for the unassuming, guileless Lucilla, and
regains his health. Keeping the old man happy while simultaneously
keeping him in the dark as to Lucilla's true identity makes up the
bulk of the film. The masquerade works much better here than it
did in Dreams Come True (which starred Kitty Ting Hao).

Reviewer Score: 9