Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueHigh-society heiress Susan goes undercover to find her young nieces, who are enjoying a Bohemian lifestyle with their artist uncleHigh-society heiress Susan goes undercover to find her young nieces, who are enjoying a Bohemian lifestyle with their artist uncleHigh-society heiress Susan goes undercover to find her young nieces, who are enjoying a Bohemian lifestyle with their artist uncle
- Récompenses
- 3 victoires au total
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
- Mike
- (as Guinn Williams)
Jean De Briac
- George
- (as Jean de Briac)
Rafael Alcayde
- Prince Ivan
- (as Rafael Storm)
Cecil Kellaway
- Fletcher's Butler
- (non confirmé)
Herbert Ashley
- Process Server
- (non crédité)
Maurice Cass
- Dr. Barry - Court Psychiatrist
- (non crédité)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThis film did poorly at the box office, with RKO losing $114,000 (over $1.9M in 2016) according to studio records.
- Citations
Mr. Simon Fletcher: You know my mental mastodons of the law: Barton, Barton, and a son of a Barton.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Savage Intruder (1970)
Commentaire à la une
Years later the plot device of a paternal uncle and maternal aunt in a custody battle was used in the Clark Gable/Sophia Loren classic, It Happened In Naples. Only in that it was Sophia who was the Bohemian and Clark the square. Wise Girl does not have the international setting or the color location cinematography of the later film, but Ray Milland and Miriam Hopkins do play a pair of spirited antagonists.
Miriam's father Henry Stephenson who is rich enough to spoil Miriam had cut off her sister back when she married out of her class. Now with both his daughter and son-in-law dead he'd like custody of his two granddaughters. Miriam will be his accomplice in that endeavor.
But the trick is to get them away from their uncle Ray Milland who has them. He's a struggling artist and he supports the girls with odd jobs here and there. Miriam moves into Greenwich Village incognito to be near them all and naturally as things go in these type films she falls for Milland.
Looking at the set I can see where Alfred Hitchcock got the idea for his Greenwich Village set in Rear Window. And we meet a whole lot of colorful characters there and not just through a telescope. Milland's closest friends are prizefighter Guinn Williams and aspiring actor Walter Abel who has a bit of a thirst problem. Marianna Strelby and Kim Philson play the two young girls and Margaret Dumont has a great small part as the snooty woman running the Child Welfare League.
Wise Girl may not show Miriam Hopkins at her wisest, but it's a great comedy in the screwball tradition of the Thirties. Best scene is the chaos she causes at one of Guinn Williams' prizefights. Milland has his moments as well, especially trying to unsuccessfully sell vacuum cleaners door to door. All in all a lot of laughs.
Miriam's father Henry Stephenson who is rich enough to spoil Miriam had cut off her sister back when she married out of her class. Now with both his daughter and son-in-law dead he'd like custody of his two granddaughters. Miriam will be his accomplice in that endeavor.
But the trick is to get them away from their uncle Ray Milland who has them. He's a struggling artist and he supports the girls with odd jobs here and there. Miriam moves into Greenwich Village incognito to be near them all and naturally as things go in these type films she falls for Milland.
Looking at the set I can see where Alfred Hitchcock got the idea for his Greenwich Village set in Rear Window. And we meet a whole lot of colorful characters there and not just through a telescope. Milland's closest friends are prizefighter Guinn Williams and aspiring actor Walter Abel who has a bit of a thirst problem. Marianna Strelby and Kim Philson play the two young girls and Margaret Dumont has a great small part as the snooty woman running the Child Welfare League.
Wise Girl may not show Miriam Hopkins at her wisest, but it's a great comedy in the screwball tradition of the Thirties. Best scene is the chaos she causes at one of Guinn Williams' prizefights. Milland has his moments as well, especially trying to unsuccessfully sell vacuum cleaners door to door. All in all a lot of laughs.
- bkoganbing
- 17 oct. 2010
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Détails
Box-office
- Budget
- 448 000 $US (estimé)
- Durée1 heure 10 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1
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