Sincerely Yours

A Romance with Liberace's stellar piano skills, colorful sets and costumes, humor, sadness, drama, and a feel great story. This is a different side of Liberace, playing the part of a serious concert pianist. I had read reviews which panned this movie and Liberace's acting. I bought it and watched it, and now love it immensely. Lee's piano playing is shown from much closer views than on the many videos online. The camera here shows multiple angles of his hands on the keys giving a view of his strong hands flying all over the keyboard with ease and relish. Wow! Lee has a beautiful and masculine wardrobe to enjoy, and some crisp tuxedos. The sets are gorgeous. The supporting cast is top notch, particularly his manager William Demarest, Dorothy Malone especially and Joanne Dru as his love interests, and the incomparable Lureen Tuttle. Alex Nicol plays a soldier, Lori Nelson is a wealthy young wife, Richard Eyer is a young boy to his Grandpa James Bell. They all add to a well-played romance with spectacular hands on the piano. Malone would win an Academy Award the following year for Written On The Wind. She looks like she is having a lot of fun with Lee in this movie. The screenplay is good, written by Irving Wallace (novels The Prize, The Fan Club, screenwriter for many films, and father of David Wallechinsky who wrote What Really Happened to the Class of '65.) The film has just enough words to provide the story. The story is well directed and grows along with Tony, who becomes an empathetic, completed person, richer by far than before. My friends and I have movie nights, and I have a large collection of serious drama and extreme action DVDs. I grew up in Manhattan in the '60's and '70's going to high theater, world class ballet, and musicals and am a big movie fan, but not so much with musicals. However, this is a great little movie with great piano playing and a love story to boot. It is not intended to be Gone With The Wind or Camelot. And Liberace is a grandly entertaining pianist, and not a trained actor, and yet he displays good acting. I am enjoying this DVD thoroughly. In fact I watched it three times in 24 hours! I was smiling a lot and also with a tear or two. Mine to savor and watch and cherish. An Aside - This parallels Liberace's near death in 1963 due to acute kidney failure, eight years after he made "Sincerely Yours". He was told to finalize his papers, and he started giving away gifts, money and buying houses for friends. He ended up getting healthier and better and his kidneys started working again and the death sentence was gone. The physicians said it was likely due to his altruism and the well-being it instills in the giver. And the rest is Showmanship history.

Even if you're not a fan of Liberace, this is a really great feel good film with heart. Music is great too - but this one is all about the story... He did a great job acting in it as well.

Liberace was a very gifted man. He had looks and talent. His fingers just flew over that keyboard. For someone to play without sheet music and still be able to let the audience know that he was playing just to them made him a real showman. I know people that have met him and they all say the same. He treated you like he knew you all his life. The movie "Sincerely Yours" was an excellent example of his natural talent. I would recommend this movie even though it is an oldie considering this is 2015, but it is well worth seeing.

I watched this movie on TCM. After seeing BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, I was curious about it Do you know what? It wasn't half bad! Okay, it's not agreat movie and Liberace was no great actor. I didn't say he wasn't an actor, just not a great one. The best thing this movie does for Liberace is preserve many of his piano performances in a way that only Hollywood could do. He is playing a concert pianist (what else?) and so the first half of the movie is his on-stage act circa 1955-1956, when he first becama a major TV star. His clothing has not yet reached the costume party stage and his on stage antics are relatively subdued. This allows the piano performances to take center stage and they are great! In fact, many of these numbers were re-created for BEHIND THE CANDELABRA. The script is a re-make of and old George Arliss (and Bette Davis) movie called THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD, and even if it is hokey, it suits Liberace to a tee. The Pianist loses his hearing and begins to question his purpose in life. He learns ASL and with the aid of a pair of binoculars, starts to meddle in the affairs of needful people he sees in the park downstairs and across the street from his penthouse. Well, he only helps three people and even these three are hardly worst case scenarios. His love interests are female. Well, it was 1956. There is Joanne Dru in a lovely subdued performance as his secretary who loves him but her love goes unnoticed. Dorothy Malone is a flashy Society Girl who he falls in love with. The love scenes are laughable now that so much is known about his personal life. The film is populated with memorable actors from the 1950s including William Demerest, Lori Nelson and Lurene Tuttle. You will also spot an unbilled Guy Williams. The film has a happy ending for all the participants. Lee even does an on-stage Tap-Dance exit toward the end of the film that will have you rolling in the aisles. More importantly, it doesn't have any of that salacious garbage that was in the biopic. I imagine that Lee would prefer to be remembered this way than that other way.

How unfortunate for me is to discover Liberace not only a great pianist, but also very good man with the heart of gold, who truly loved people and enjoyed entertaining them, so late in my life. To listen to his recording was nice, but to see him perform was and still is a great experience. Watching his wingers flow across the keyboard so effortlessly with such a joy made me and I am certain the thousands of his audience want more. He knew how make people laugh and also leave them breathless with his performances. He was one of the greatest pianist and entertainers who left too soon... BTW he would be 100 years old has he lived, the same age as my own father.....

This video is a keeper for years to come. Liberace is at his best here. His talent is at its best. He sings, he dances and plays piano. As light as a feather on his feet. He had impeccable manners! He knew how to charm an audience! He walks with grace and style. This picture shows it! His music lives on!

Story was well written , Actors acted well, music by Liberace was a delight to hear and watch. An excellent movie,you will want to see it again and again.