Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueTimid Arthur panics after mistaking the tipsy Olive for dead and dumps her on artist Galleo's terrace. Sensing an opportunity, Galleo tries to blackmail him but chaos unfolds when Olive refu... Tout lireTimid Arthur panics after mistaking the tipsy Olive for dead and dumps her on artist Galleo's terrace. Sensing an opportunity, Galleo tries to blackmail him but chaos unfolds when Olive refuses to stay dead.Timid Arthur panics after mistaking the tipsy Olive for dead and dumps her on artist Galleo's terrace. Sensing an opportunity, Galleo tries to blackmail him but chaos unfolds when Olive refuses to stay dead.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Elevator Boy
- (as Charlie Smith)
- Detective Dombry
- (as Alton Horton)
- Trainman
- (non crédité)
- Milkman
- (non crédité)
- Veterinarian
- (non crédité)
- Hat Check Girl
- (non crédité)
- Restaurant Patron
- (non crédité)
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The film fails as a true screwball comedy because the pace is too slow. Had the pace been a bit more frenetic, it might have succeeded. This was the director's fault more than anything.
Ann Dvorak's career peaked in the 1930s. Some of her best work came after that. Most of it was in dramas. It was a delight seeing her do a comic role. I urge those not familiar with her to do more research and check out some of her 1940s and 1950s performances. One that comes immediately to mind are The Secret of Convict Lake and A Life of Her Own.
One day, Mrs. Earthleigh leaves to go on a trip. When she's gone, her husband meets a very strange alcoholic, Olive (Dvorak) and she follows him home and WON'T leave no matter how hard he tries. Eventually, she appears to have died and falls onto Galleo's property! Well, Earthleigh can't find this narcoleptic alcoholic...and later Galleo decides to pretend he found this lady DEAD on his terrace...and enlists Earthleigh to 'dump the body'. Galleo knows there is no body but figures this is a chance to blackmail Earthleigh into dropping his lawsuit and letting him keep his dog. What's next? Well, Olive appears to die several more times and suddenly lots of people are being accused of killing her!
This is a cute little comedy and I might have scored this very original film higher had Dvorak's performance been a bit less broad and silly. Subtle definitely would have worked better...but it still worked and is a cute little situation comedy. Worth seeing.
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- AnecdotesVera Caspary also wrote the play "Ring Twice for Lora," then later turned it into a novel with a different title, which led to the famous film noir Laura (1944).
- Citations
Olive Jenson: I have a bad heart and when I pass out I really pass out. People tell me I look positively dead.
David Gelleo: Then Earthleigh must have thought he'd killed you. So he dumps you on my terrace.
Deborah Tyler: Why, that's terrible. I never heard of such a thing.
David Gelleo: How do you like that? You can't even bury a bone on his terrace but he can throw his old dead bodies on mine.
Olive Jenson: Who's an old dead body?
- ConnexionsReferenced in Guy (1996)
- Bandes originalesOut of the Blue
by Will Jason and Henry Nemo
Performed by Hadda Brooks (uncredited)
[Performed live when Arthur and Olive are at the bar together; also played on a phonograph]
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Site officiel
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Por un cuerpo de mujer
- Lieux de tournage
- Société de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 1 100 000 $US (estimé)
- Durée1 heure 24 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1