A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
Mackenzie Ward
- Cousin Ernest
- (as MacKenzie Ward)
Storyline
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- TriviaCostumer Adrian perfectly captures the fashion of the era, right down to the new (and scandalous!) trend of women wearing trousers for sport, which was popularized by Coco Chanel.
- GoofsAt the 0:8:47 mark the boom mic or camera rig shadow moves across the pillar to the left of Basil Rathbone after he greets the butler, then another shadow moves on the wall to the right of him before he enters the doorway.
- Quotes
Lady Trench: I suggest we all look horrified.
Lord Trench: That won't be difficult with you in the room!
- SoundtracksHappy Days Are Here Again
(1929) (uncredited)
Music by Milton Ager
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
Played on the radio
Featured review
ruth chatterton, basil rathbone
Some pretty huge hollywood names in this MGM love story from 1930. Ruth Chatterton, who was the very capable female lead in so many early films, is Elsie, in love with a rich man John (Ralph Forbes). Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes! ) is the other son Edward, in love with a married woman. Unfortunately, John's family just doesn't approve of Elsie, an actress, so she decides to leave, but the two brothers like her, and want her to stick around. The sound quality throughout is pretty awful, and the acting is all pretty lame, so no oscar awards for this one. Many really long pauses of dead air, so the editing is also just terrible. Chatterton was busy in the early 1930s.. she was nominated for two academy awards... (but certainly not for this one!) Directed by Sidney Franklin, who will be nominated best director for Good Earth, and also won the Thalberg award. Franklin directed Garbo in Wild Orchids, Nöel Coward's Private Lives, and Last of Mrs. Cheyney (another rich family versus poor woman story). Original play written by Frederick Lonsdale. This one is interesting soley for the big names in it (Chatterton, Rathbone), but the sound and editing are so bad it's almost painful to watch. Granted, talkies had just started about a year before this, so i guess we need to cut them a little slack. shows now and then on Turner Classics.
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- ksf-2
- Oct 4, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
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