Good start, but then it gets ruined

Expected more

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Make a remake ? Was that someone's idea of a joke ? I've read all the many and multiple one star reviews of the 2013 film, and I do not understand how it comes out rating 7.3, when this brilliant Danny Kaye version only rates 7.1. And this Kaye film doesn't have any lousy 1 or 2 stars reviews at all ! One thing I know is that I won't be seeing the second double life of Walter Mitty, since it apparently only steals the title, and none of the original's genius. This is an exceedingly funny film, and I laugh every time I see it, and I've seen it many times. It's very slightly influenced by Hitchcock, with the dominant mothers, and the lead transported into an unimaginable situation (North by North West, except that came out 12 years later, so the influence was in reverse). The real situation matches the unreal ones, especially the ones involving the man's world: "My arm is broken, but I'm taking her through"; "Ach, Himmel, it is Valter der Mitty: I'm a lost man"; "Coreopsis has set in, but your brother will play the violin again"; "Swallow 'em up, ole Mississippi --- Fort Sumter has been fired upon; mah regiment leaves at dawn". Irreplaceable lines, etched on the memory, since 1947. Less entertaining are the hat man, and the music professor, who goes on a little too long. Not enough to dock a star, though. Boris K is OK, and Virginia Mayo is totally okayo.

This film is so underrated cause I never hear anyone talk about this film and it's kinda sad, this film should be talking more about this film causes again it's so underrated. I know there's a remake to this film made in 2013 by Ben Stiller and I have seen it the film, sadly I didn't like it but I do appreciate that they knowledge the old source material and I know many people did like the film but sadly, I didn't.My Favourite Scene In This Film Was you see Walter (Kaye) trying to put on the heating boiler, while putting a newspaper inside the heater, he see a RAF pilot on the paper and so he day dreams that he's a RAF pilot. Once the his day dreams end, his mother comes after him trying to wake him up. Still believing that he's a british RAF pilot, he say "Righto" and places the red-hot poker under his arm only to burn a hole in his suit jacket while saying "ouch!!"

I thought the Walter Mitty remake by Ben Stiller was rather jagged that took some while to get going. I think the Danny Kaye original suffers because Kaye's own shtick gets rather wearing, a film to display his various comedy and musical talent which he does very well including playing a British flying ace. However it felt less like an adaptation of the Walter Mitty short story.Danny Kaye's Walter Mitty is a daydreamer working for a publishing company. He is henpecked by his bossy mother and fiancée Gertrude, he is harassed by his boss at work.Then while sitting next to Rosalind Van Hoorn (Virginia Mayo) on the train he becomes a wanted man by some bad people who want a black book in his possession and an adventure to steal some hidden crown jewels.Boris Karloff plays sinister psychiatrist Dr Hollingshead who tells Walter that this is all a fantasy. This is a zany film with great production values and costumes. Mayo looks simply enchanting.

I gave this film a '4' for Technicolor. Otherwise, it would be a '3.' Danny Kaye, like Jerry Lewis, has never been a favorite of mine; same with The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, etc. I don't care for slapstick.Had the antics of Danny Kaye been eliminated from the film it would have been improved upon. Author, James Thurber didn't like Kaye nor the music. Thurber's short story is void of music and Kaye isn't a good songster.I saw this film when it opened in 1947. I was barely six years old, fell asleep toward the end and missed the part where Walter actually was NOT fantasizing; no big deal - I still hate the film 66 years later. I also daytime and nighttime dream but write them down and turn them into narrative. I sell enough to supplement my measly social security benefit which I paid for during 45 years of an internal audit career. With a college degree, CPA/CIA, I get $18,000 a year on social security with a recent 1.5% increase for 2014. Throw a dog a bone. Back then, we sent our kids to college, vacationed, bought new cars and spent our money enjoying life. Social security and a small pension was supposed to be enough. Dream on, Walter Mitty.