Réalisation:
Richard ThorpeScénario:
Gladys LehmanPhotographie:
Harry Stradling Sr.Musique:
George StollActeurs·trices:
Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, June Allyson, Agnes Moorehead, Rags Ragland, Ludwig Stössel, George Cleveland, Warner Anderson, Konstantin Shayne (plus)Résumés(1)
A hit and miss love story with good performances by Lamarr, in one of her rare comedy roles, Allyson, as a sweet young thing, and Walker, playing the ingenuous, charming young man he practically owned a patent on. Lamarr is the princess of a mythical country who has come to New York to see Warner Anderson, a newspaperman shed met a while ago on her turf. While ensconced at her hotel, Walker, a bellboy, thinks shes a maid (in one of those Hollywood turn of events that no one believes but everyone accepts), and she is faintly amused by his error, so she asks the hotel to assign him to be her personal aide. Lamarr meets with Anderson who feels that they are of two different worlds and that it would be impossible for them to make a couple. Lamarr is very sweet to Walker, who thinks that her affection is something more than that. Allyson is an invalid who adores Walker and who lives for his visits to her. Lamarr requests that Walker squire her to a bar where Anderson hangs out and writes his material. The place is raided, and Lamarr is tossed into the clink, and later bailed out by Anderson. Once free, she learns that her father has died, and she is now the queen. She gets ready to depart and tells Walker that he can come with her if he likes. He thinks this is a marriage proposal and tells Allyson that he is going to Europe where he will be a prince consort to Queen Lamarr. But when he sees Allyson, he realizes that he truly loves her. With a mixture of elation and sadness, he tells Lamarr that he must decline her offer of marriage. Lamarr understands what love is from Walkers "rejection" and decides that she would rather be Andersons wife than queen, so she abdicates and will spend the rest of her life as the mate of a newspaperman. Anyone who has ever been the wife of a newspaperman will know that her decision was 100 percent wrong. Although bed-bound for most of the picture, Allyson was most believable and did get one chance to strut her stuff in a fantasy dance sequence. Ragland is good as Walkers bellhop pal, but Moorehead, a superb actress all her life, is wasted as the countess. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Hedy Lamarr
Autriche-Hongrie
Meilleurs films :
Samson et Dalila (1949)
Come Live with Me (1941)
Le Démon de la chair (1946)
Robert Walker
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Song of Love (1947)
L'Inconnu du Nord-Express (1951)
Madame Curie (1943)
June Allyson
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
The Name of the Game (1968) (série)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Agnes Moorehead
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Femmes en cage (1950)
Rags Ragland
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Songe d'une nuit d'été (1935)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Le Fantôme de Canterville (1944)
Ludwig Stössel
Autriche-Hongrie
Meilleurs films :
Song of Love (1947)
Casablanca (1942)
Convoi vers la Russie (1943)
George Cleveland
Canada
Meilleurs films :
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Une aventure de Buffalo Bill (1936)
Albuquerque (1948)
Warner Anderson
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
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Aventures en Birmanie (1945)
Graine de violence (1955)
Konstantin Shayne
Empire russe
Meilleurs films :
Song of Love (1947)
Sueurs froides (1958)
Le Criminel (1946)
Ben Lessy
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Un monde fou fou fou fou (1963)
La Femme de l'année (1942)
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Audrey Totter
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Charles Sullivan
États-Unis
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Mike Lally
États-Unis
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Dale Van Sickel
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
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Harold Miller
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Song of Love (1947)
Boulevard du crépuscule (1950)
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Tom Dugan
Irlande
Meilleurs films :
Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie (1946)
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Joe Ploski
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
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Jack Chefe
Empire russe
Meilleurs films :
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Carl Esmond
Autriche-Hongrie
Meilleurs films :
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Le Ministère de la peur (1944)