What A Way To Go! (1964) is one of those movies that came out of the happy-fun Hollywood era of the Rat Pack years, where a popular type of movie promised escape into naive plots that exclusively focused on the themes of love and sex in fluffy, brightly enhanced Technicolor. This movie is the epitome of that type. It is, in fact, a campy fairy tale with a lot of humor and outrageous fashion thrown in.
If you're someone who only desires films with deep drama or subtle, witty comedy, this fairy tale isn't for you. This is ...
Shirley MacLaine plays Louisa May Foster, a romantic young woman who realizes she wants to marry for love, and not for money. However, she believes she's a victim of a "witch's curse"...she tends to marry poor men for love and ends up as a neglected wife and then a rich widow. To prove her point, three of her four husbands die off after achieving fame, wealth, or power, while the other just ...
