maybe i like it well because i haven not see a stage production or most of the 1936 movie . ( i just saw the ol man river and can help lovin dat man sequence from that movie . ) but still and this version really wasn not so bad take just by itself . even if ava gardner be sexy than anyone intend julie to be and she be still great and truly heartbreaking in the late sequence . her rendition of can not help lovin dat man and bill and with th help of annette warren dub in vocal and manage to be sultry and yet very tender and too . ( indeed on the soundtrack and ava herself show u she do not have a bad voice in outtake of her sing those song . ) true and the romance between katharine grayson and howard keel isn not very interesting and and except for make believe and you will have to yawn through most of their number since you can not understand either one of them . but that more than make up for by fine performance of the kern hammestein score and ( except those which be note ) . ol man river be still extremely powerful and moving and even if the man sing it have a non existent role in the proceeding and even if he isn not paul robeson and and even if it miss part . marge and gower champion be in fine form in their number and and you can not help but smile during life upon the wicked stage and when marge wear skirt hike high than aly mcbeal . in the 50 . and then there can not help lovin dat man and bill and and make believe . perhaps in comparison to it predeccesors it horrible and but maybe it isn not so bad if you jus take it for itself .