Pat Boone in the 1957 film Bernardine, Dick Sargent from Bewitched also has a pretty large role, I do NOT own this film, no copyright infringement intended, just sharing an old recording.
Interesting movie. It's hard to imagine in this day and age that this innocent movie was big among teens in '57. Pat Boone acted like a rich arrogant 1957 teenager, I as very glad to hear him sing "Love Letters in the sand" and Dick Sergant did a fine acting job. A nice, innnocent movie that entertains you for nearly 2 hours.
Wholesome Charles " Pat " Boone . Among his peers . A southerner like Elvis . He had a clean cut image that made Ricky Nelson seem almost like a Brando rebel . A graduate of ivy league Columbia University ! Long marriage , no drugs , he had humility , no drama. It must be his Christianity that made the difference .
He had a singing career like elvis he was drawn into acting Simple american pie movies For the family The clean cut image of morals And righteous living which the usa was built on regardless of deviations!
Oldies of 50's and 60's from 'April Love', 'Bernardine' with Pat Boone's beautiful rendering of those romantic songs that used to be played on 78 RPMs in the studios of All India Radio, Calcutta B station and the apartments of the Anglo-Indian localities stir up nostalgia of the great city of Calcutta where I grew up.
Omw this is where I got my name from. My parents baught me the Pat Boone LP when I was born featuring Oh Bernadine and I still have it to this day. How amazing. I was only born 13 years later. So special to have a connection💖
Hey! My parents named me after the film too. What's just shocked me (age 62 and only just found the movie) is that the original name of the film had an 'r' in. I haven't and I notice neither have you. Suppose the record didn't have the extra 'r'?
I wish teenagers still act this way. I remember this song was popular when I was young in the Philippines. I asked my cousin to name her daughter Bernadine because it is a beautiful name. She did name her daughter Bernadine, and now she is a mother of 8 kids.
I wish people in general would still dress like them as well. I'm sick of seeing so-called men dressed like big toddlers in baggy shorts and t shirts. Oh for the days when shoes were shiny and trousers were pressed!
It's so nice to reminisce the past- the days when life was so simple. This movie has brought back memories of my youth. I just loved Pat Boone and his songs. Thanks for sharing, Richard.
I remember the '50s well. Pat Boone was a mega superstar. He and Elvis were beyond everyone else at that time. This was a very big movie with us in high school.
For my money, the title track of this film remains Pat Boone's finest moment on record. And to think that it was a B-side (of Love Letters In The Sand). A classic!
Here's a bit of - interesting? - trivia. In Elvis's first movie, James Drury played his brother, and in Pat Boone's first movie, James played Pat's brother! James is still doing interviews and I'd love to hear his memories of Elvis and Pat from those days.
Ever notice that all the teenage guys had their own cars and that they were in mint condition? I lived through that era, and it just wasn't that way. Not every family had a car, and very few of us had our own cars even in our Senior year. I didn't have a car for three years after High School.
Sure enjoyed this. Thank you for posting this, Richard Hardy. Sometimes it is not about the movie but about the feeling(s) you get from it. Of course we all don't experience life like those depicted in the movie, but for me there were snippets of what I have experienced. Friends I had back then, well, some of them died unfortunately - plane crash, drowned in river, had seizure in pool, crushed by tractor, cancer - but good memories pop up once in a while decades later.
I saw this movie in '58, when I was 15, then saw it again several more times ...I liked it that much. Of course I later bought the Bernardine album that featured all the movie songs...My favorite was "Technique". Funny to watch it again now that I'm 78 ! I can't believe what an awful lot of years have gone by since those High School days ...
For Natalie Schafer this was the first time I have ever seen her in a movie. Other than Gilligan's Island or the Brady Bunch episode she was in I never seen her acting. As for Janet Gaynor this is the second movie I saw her in other than "A Star Is Born" from 1937. Overall a good feel good movie
I was nine when this movie came out... I hated Elvis, loved the Beatles... Pat Boone was on the outs but I remember his songs... some people thought he was a jock I guess... it was the girls who swooned over all the big stars of that time... and there were a lot of stars... Annette and Hayley were my idols... I think a lot of boys were jealous of the many male stars that came along and made us faint and swoon.....as for the corn we didn't know any better than what these movies offered.
Janet Gaynor went back to movies with Bernardine, after a 19 year old absence (she had retired after 1938's The Young in Heart). She later made some occasional appearances as guest star in TV shows (one of them in 1981 in The Love Boat).
I can watch the ending part from about 1:33:12,over and over and never get bored. What a wonderful scene. Even the snow outside the window,seems white and bright as ever,greeting their freindship.
I'm pretty sure that the movie company that made this film were unsure about Pat because, if you didn't know, you might assume that Dick Sargent is the male lead.
Bernadine. Starring: Pat Boone, Terry Moore, Janet Gaynor, Dean Jagger, Dick Sargent, James Drury, Ronnie Burns, Walter Abel, Natalie Schaefer, Isabel Jewel, and: Jack Costanzo, Co-Starring: Russ Conway, Edit Angold, Val Benedict, Carole Ann Campbell, Lavina Caparella, Hooper Dunbar, Tom Pittman, Jerry Sheldon, Nancy Dian Ratts, Ernestine Wade, Amzie Strickland, Elizabeth Harrower, Edmund Cobb, Mack Chandler, Dick Cogan, Frank Dunning, Frank Green, Tom Greenway, Carl Kent,Jr., Sean Meany, Rachel Stephens, Norman Sturgis, and: Mary W. Wallace. Produced by: Samuel G. Engel, Written by: Mary Chase & Theodore Reeves, Directed by: Henry Levin, Music by: Lionel Newman,Skip Martin, & Billy May. (Musical/Comedy;1957).
Oh my goodness, This movie had me laughing so hard at points! and in ways I think it helped me understand my younger teenage brother a little more! And as a vintage seamstress I especially love all the cool casual teen styles the boys are wearing, it really is a vibe!
Pat Boone was so handsome! Beautiful voice, talented actor and always a gentleman according to his leading ladies. He was one of the few in showbiz then and now who openly spoke of his religion and how it guided his life and career.
I can’t believe that my family loved this movie at the time ; Pat singing ‘Love Letters in the Sand’ is the only redeeming moment. Janet Gaynor should have remained in retirement, just as Alice Faye should have done for “State Fair”.
One of the coolest movies I can ever remember from my childhood years in the 1950's. Believe it or not, there was a time when Pat Boone and his 'white bucks' were considered 'cool'. A lot of hit records (thanks to Chuck Berry and Little Richard (among others)). He had his own TV show, too. Then along came the Beatles, and Pat suddenly became 'passe'. Didn't matter to him (I am guessing). He had already made his name in history. (I'll forgive him the 'religious' crap he became known for later in life). Anyone who launches a 'biker' album in the 1990's, long after his original days of fame were over, can't be anything but cool. Cheers to Pat Boone!!
rusher33707 The “religious crap” to which you refer was the biggest part of Boone’s life from the beginning. He studied for and worked in the ministry from his days as a teenager in (Nashville) high school, working with kids and singing in church. He married the daughter of then-country music star Red Foley at 19, and stayed married to her (she died just last week, as it happens) for 65 years. Elvis and Pat Boone traded places in the top 40 regularly from 1955 to 1959, with Boone actually having one more hit song by the time the rivalry ended. Though Boone was married (and had four daughters by the time he finished college at Columbia University), he was still idolized by teenage girls. His Christian faith has always been the primary guiding influence in his life, and not something he happened upon later.
Yes. In grade school I had an older cousin who was very handsome, just finishing a masters degree and wearing white buck shoes. At that time, I loved Pat Boone.
@@ArsPraestigium Thanks for sharing that about Pat Boone. I was a big fan in the '50's and became a follower of Jesus in 1982. Learning of his Christian roots and steadfast faith in Jesus made me cherish the memory of him even more. 😍
I wonder if 1957 audiences thought that the kids in this movie were cool...Or were they viewed as corn ball? Personally, I love stuff like this...I live in the wrong era.
recently went to a live performance from Pat Boone, even with his grey hair and complaining his bones hurt him, he still has the looks and charm for a guy in his 80's. Can you imagine that, Pat Boone in his 80's!!!
@@egillard I was able to sing with Pat in concert in the 1970s! He's my dad's age but a very nice gentleman. He was visiting our town and I was chosen to sing w him. It was a memorable night but it's lost on my kids! Ha!
Darwin Stevens 2nd. I strive to see the artistic good in movies. It seems this one had the line-up of a handsome singer, an extremely talented bongo-player, and a really, Really Bad script. I couldn't get past half-way.
Gostaria de ver aqui no You Tube um outro filme famoso com Pat Boone, de nome April Love (Peimavera de Amor) ,da mesma época, com Shirley Jones. Seria gratificante. Se for dublado ou legendado, melhor ainda .Agradecido Mário César.
As an 11 year old kid living at the arse end of nowhere, this movie mightily impressed me when I saw it in the theatre. The girls seemed so beautiful and so they are still, and the guys seemed so sophisticated although now in the light of maturity and the 21st century they just seem cunt struck.
It wasn't rejected, things couldn't stay the same without changing. The loss of innocence started out when the Vietnam war started, so it was the US' issues with other countries business that started everything in the first place. I'm not that guy who will romantize the hippie moviment, but they were just a response to something bigger
This Pat Boone starrer did not enjoy the success story of April Love and Mardi Gras, but Pat did get to belt some very memorable songs from his vast repertoire: Love letters in the sand, Bernadine [the title track] and Technique. Terry Moore was in and out of the film without having a specific reason for being in it. Some roles in films are quite pointless.
well what do you know sorry about that it looks like they took the sound away about 2 weeks ago, it had a nice 4 year run lol, hard to believe Pat Boone and James Durery are still alive,
Thanks ever so much for your kind reply, Richard. Probably they have some issue with the copyrights on the music. Although the songs are all on RU-vid for everyone to enjoy, so why not the movie? And it beats the crap out of me to understand why RU-vid would leave a musical on with no audio.
If you can get past the idea that these are supposed to be high school students it's not bad. This is pretty weak for the first 40 minutes or so... but picks up.
