Loved this movie, we couldn't take our eyes off the screen. Luckily our dog has a large bladder. Its a true classic....and you know what, there was no nudity, no foul language, no violence, and yet after 70 years it's still a great movie and we loved it.
I'm a classic movie lover and never heard of this film. It's a true gem. I was captivated with the story from start to finish. Thank you for posting this wonderful movie!
A totally wonderful storyline and superb acting in lovely costumes. Old Hollywood was so much finer back in the 'old days'. Danielle Darrieux is so completely charming. To think that all of these marvellous people are already long gone but have left us such a splendid legacy of superlative entertainment is really something to think about. If it wasn't for the invention of celluloid photographic film we would not have these marvels. Thanks to Silver Screen Classics for posting this gem. Truly worth your time to view.
I loved it ! This is the era where most of the movies made were for adult audiences.No special effects , just great acting , sets with a lovely flow. Thank you so much , Silver Screen Classics , for posting this movie here.
Douglas Fairbanks was so handsome and he dressed like a real gentleman, which I am sure he was throughout the remainder of his life. I remember him doing an interview quite some time ago. He aged very well, still handsome, well dressed.
Danielle Darrieux lived on until just two years ago, passing in October 2017 aged 100 years old. The combination of her and Douglas Fairbanks Jr is a pure joy - they are two of the best-looking and most effortlessly charming, well-mannered stars ever. Meanwhile the supporting cast are in danger of running off with every scene, they are all so sparkling with the lines and gags. Director Henry Koster brilliantly handles the script. The scenes in the country house with the log basket and then the comedy turn with the window, the move into real poignancy followed by the final log basket joke are a masterclass in editing, timing and how to prep an audience. We don't have comedy films that sparkle or stars that charm like this anymore, more's the pity.
Well said Tom as was Gertjan's just above yours as I write this. Looked her up myself and glad she had a long life. Her charm and guilt in her dishonesty was beautifully played and she remained delightful in all her comedic spots as well as genuinely humorous. Smitten. Agree, the entire cast was superb and DF Jr a display of class and elegance clothed in real likable, humanity. Nice comment.
Tre's bon. C'est magnific. Thank you for this beautiful film !!!!! I wish what I know now I could have truly implemented into my life years ago. Could have saved tears, broken heart, 💰 money, sanity and my child's happiness & future. I sure do pray & hope that this stuff now is only "my 👗 dress rehearsal", ooooppssss????!!! I guess not !!! Excuse a mois gatrson, but I'll have another !!!!
Loved this and love all the great romantic comedies of the 1930s...my late parent's era! Fairbanks was so handsome as well as talented and one snappy dresser! Even on the late great Johnny Carson's show, he would wear a red carnation in his lapel like my husband's grandfather would always do. Men knew how to really dress with real class back in the day! Danielle was lovely! This retired NY fashion illustrator loved the costumes/fashions of the 1930s, also very classy and gorgeous! Movies like this inspired me to study the history of costume and to become a fashion illustrator! Thanks for sharing~
Good for you! Sounds like a very interesting career! I bet you have some stories! I watch movies of this age and as well love the classy outfits. Everyone looks so dapper and great! The women and men both are so much more attractive in them too! Even when you didn't live that far back it gives you a nostalgia and longing for such an age that's almost inexplicable! :) Btw, I was watching a video yesterday about, Mr. Plunkett, the costume designer for "Gone With the Wind" and the meaning of the colors of Scarlet's (Vivien Leigh's of course) dresses throughout the film.
A wonderful example of screwball comedy: inventive direction, creative script, and an ensemble cast that more than clicks; they zing! This is a classic that can be watched over and over. Thank you for uploading it!
Haven't watched a movie in forever that I just did not want it to end. Brilliantly a masterpiece!! Comedy with a twinge of anger and true love reigns. These 2 keep you hopping in suspense throughout. The clothes in this movie are so elegant. The posture perfecto in every character!! A crystal of a gem from start to finish. Friends who support you in every way. They are like a warm & humorous family.
This was funny, sweet, and so romantic! All the actors did a wonderful job. Thank you so much for uploading this movie! I had never heard of it before. I asked my dad if he had and he hadn't either so we both got to share something new together!
Lovely film ♥️ That bit where she turns the photograph around and there's another picture of him grinning away on the reverse 🤣 Thanks for the upload .
OMG! There is no french cinema without mentioning the great Danielle Darrieux! Check out her movies with Henri Decoin, Jacques Demy, Claude Autant Lara, Julien Duvivier and, above all, the three masterpieces she made with Max Ophüls. She also appeared a few more times in english speaking films, such as Rich, young and pretty (1951), 5 fingers (1952), which was directed by Mankiewicz and The Greengage summer (1961).
I'm dying to see this movie it looks great wish I had the darn internet in my house because I don't have enough data to watch it! I'm so ticked off cuz this looks really good
My gosh, Danielle Darrieux is an absolute cutie! "You have to be up very early to catch a fox." "You have to be up very late to catch a mink!" So subtle you almost miss it.
Apologies to Silver Screen - Notice I forgot where I was watching and called you PF (Pizza Flix channel), who also posts some great films. So credit where credit due, Thanks Much for this completely delightful and cheerful film! Silver Screen Classics
Love all those 'Hollywood Regency' curtains! And the giant brackets in the hunting lodge were pretty amazing, too. Lots of other useful design bits in this movie....
Bunny Biedenharn I like the art deco touches and other design aspects but that lodge was seriously over-built. Why would they want supports that mammoth?
That older woman reminded me of Agnes Moorhead. “A fat woman in a girdle, that’s dishonest!” 😂. That trick with the coin was so cool! They really diss Albany in this movie
well ... way back ... people had a little more respect for each other ... and also had pride in performing there best what they where assigned for ,,,,
Worse yet what about all the horror movies out there ...some of them are so outrageous that it makes you wonder what kind of mind the person has . Personally I am not comfortable around people who are really into horror movies... I have no need for horror .
I wonder if there really were a lot of men and women in the Depression passing themselves off as wealthy and/or titled. They surely made a lot of movies with that plot in the 1930s. Michael Romanoff, born Hershel Geguzin, was very successful at promoting himself into the restaurant business as Auer's character is trying to achieve in this movie.
it doesn;t have to be realistic. It's an escapism movie to help relax and dream about better life during harsh times. and to be fair, women aiming to marry wealthy men pass off as richer than they actually are to appear less desperate than they are even today.
That's such a cute movie, I just finished watching it... I liked after the window situation and she was tucked in and he was going to close the bedroom door and she told him she wanted to tell him something and how she let him know why she was broke and all that, he knew and then that she was just just an innocent lil thing... and truly she was because it was Auntie that put her up to it 👌💓💓👏👏👏
But you have to realize that was 1938... according to the inflation calculator that was equal to $1,780 a year ago..... it's possible it could be a little bit less but $60 was a lot of money in 1938... go see what a whole paycheck was back in those days and it's shocking ... if you find out what a gallon of milk or loaf of bread or what it cost to go to the movies back then was compared to today you will be surprised
If you look at some of the tables for what the rates were... believe it or not in 1935 the yearly average salary and I'm talkin for the whole year was about $484 per person ! 10 years later in 1945 it was about $1,300 a year... but remember everything was cheaper... I had a relative who bought a decent-sized 3 bedroom townhouse in Philadelphia suburbs in1948 for $9,000 ... if you would just for today it is worth about $ 150,000 .00 . That would be like you buying a house today for 200,000 and somebody telling you that it will eventually be worth 1 and a half million . I have a relative who died at the age of 96 this past year and she used to talk about when a loaf of bread was 5 cents and getting into the movies was also 5 cents .
@Piatequila yeah RU-vid is weird but maybe they didn't even see it. But what blows my mind is how often people never adjust for inflation.... often even in historical programs and documentaries . For example I've seen things like them talking about a woman getting a trust of 400 English Pounds a year a year.... but maybe it was the year 1740 and that would have equaled maybe a couple hundred thousand a year but they don't say this.... so a lot of uneducated people watching or actually thinking she got 400 pounds a year .
🤣 Girl hitchhikes a ride with a truck driver. She asks: "Can you go any faster?!" Truck driver:"Yes, but I'm not allowed to leave the truck.." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤
Now that, I say That! Son, was Delightful. (Foghorn Leghorn - one of my favorites) Great one PF. Beauty - comedy - suave and debonair leads. I'm a sucker for a good romance and a French accent. C 'est si bon
@@Patrick3183 Thanks Patrick - Google translate (where I get this stuff), uses the hyphen after the c ' and the si for - so - as opposed to ce meaning - this - . your suggestion wold mean - it is this good - according to them. When you google the old song title it comes up as I have written and the singers say it using 'so', 'it's so good' Here's a link to the band Jolie Mome with singer Myriam Phiro who does a great rendition of it. She also does a nice job with them on La Vie en Rose ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7y9hIjH_7do.html La vie en rose next: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KhWvG7pBUwg.html Thanks for making me check this out. I've made a couple of mistakes doing things from memory recently, and like to be accurate. Hope you enjoy the music.