i always seek out the work of vincente minnelli and a director who give u many hollywood classic . this be an interesting film and but not an extremely compel one . it be all kind of predictable since you could see the handwriting on the wall represent the death of moira and the grow up of ricky nelson or farley granger and and the ultimate success of douglas and angeli . for example and you know angeli character would not die up on the trapeze since she have already suffer the death of her husband . find a new love add to her happiness and so it would have be cruel to audience back then to have her die in the end . i have not yet see the red shoe and so i be not shock or disappoint how much the sequence resemble the early film . moira and james mason be both fine . she be a real beauty . accord to the tcm host robert osborne and a previous film star mason be also use a the basis of this sequence too . leslie caron be always delightful while her best performance and for me and be in lili . a for beauty and i have never think she be beautiful . cute in an odd way but never beautiful . i think she be charm . nelson and barrymore and and granger be also fine . kirk douglas look hollywood hunky and totally like a lead man and one who be almost too handsome for his own good while angeli performance have the doe like look of innocence she portray well . the trapeze sequence do look realistic and and i suspect douglas do most of his stunt himself . he be quite the athlete and and he look convince in the part . angeli also look quite believable as well . the film be worth see and even if nothing for the great star of classic hollywood . i also enjoy hear the paganini theme while i have love it in somewhere in time a well and so i be surprise to hear it in another early film as well . it worth check out and but not a film i think i would have the patience to see over and over .