Directed by:
René ClairCinematography:
Rudolph MatéComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland Young, Mischa Auer, Andy Devine, Frank Jenks, Eddie Quillan, Laura Hope Crews, Franklin Pangborn, Clarence Muse (more)Plots(1)
French farce comes to the New World in 1840 as Claire Ledoux convinces the middle-aged banker who is her fiancé that she is two different women -- a deception made necessary by the arrival of a man acquainted with the swath she cut across Europe. Giraud has been about to foreclose on a $150 loan made to a sea captain who needed the funds to court Claire. 'Get Claire's "cousin" out of New Orleans before the wedding,' Giraud tells the sea captain, and the debt will be paid. (official distributor synopsis)
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It was war time. Let's face it. Back then, more than ever, Europeans were forced to flee to Hollywood instead of worshiping it. One such example is the fate of René Clair, who, though he greeted freedom in his 31st year, did not know in the next decade whether he could manage a false double role for Marlene in a fairy tale story of one-liners. On the other hand, every significant change was a benefit for Marlene, because on such a large surface she could once again show that she can play roles completely different than just various singers. In this film, she actually played just one of the many variations of her own nature, which had fully erupted by the time she became a grandmother, and the audience unknowingly got a kick out of this even before she turned 40. It's not a perfect film, it's quite adorned, but a true Dietrichophile can certainly and unerringly handle it. ;)
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