“Cagney, Carson and De Havilland are all excellent, and, in her biggest role to date, Hayworth has rarely looked more beautiful.” Michael Costello: The Strawberry Blonde bei AllMovie, abgerufen am 2. Mai 2024 (englisch)
chicagoreader.com
“A delicious bit of Americana (1941) by Raoul Walsh, capturing superbly the 1890s ambience of Walsh’s own early years. James Cagney is marvelous as a decent young dentist […]. Just the right balance of touching nostalgia and understated comedy. Recommended as one of Walsh’s (and Cagney’s) best efforts.” Don Druker: The Strawberry Blonde. In: Chicago Reader.
Jonathan Rosenbaum: List-o-Mania. In: Chicago Reader, 25. Juni 1998.
“You should get a lot of pleasure […] out of the Warners’ lusty, affectionate, and altogether winning Strawberry Blonde […]. James Cagney, true to form, is excellent as the pugnacious and proud little guy […]. Olivia de Havilland is sweet and sympathetic as the girl he marries and Rita Hayworth makes a classic flirt […]. A special award should go to George Tobias for his performance as Cagney’s faithful pal and Jack Carson rates a nice bouquet as the genial villain in the piece.”Bosley Crowther: James Cagney in a Nostalgic Comedy of the 1890’s, ‘Strawberry Blonde,’ at the Strand. In: The New York Times, 22. Februar 1941.
time.com
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“Strawberry Blonde is a blithe, sentimental, turn-of-the-century buggy ride. Cagney makes the hero a tough but obviously peachy fellow. But the strawberry humdinger, Rita Hayworth, takes the picture away from him, and dark-eyed Olivia de Havilland, with her electric winks, […] takes it away from both of them.” Vgl. Cinema: New Picture. In: Time, 3. März 1941.
