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Difendo il mio amore

Titolo originale: Private Number
  • 1936
  • Approved
  • 1h 20min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
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Difendo il mio amore (1936)
CommediaDrammaRomanticismo

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA maid secretly marries the son of her wealthy boss.A maid secretly marries the son of her wealthy boss.A maid secretly marries the son of her wealthy boss.

  • Regia
    • Roy Del Ruth
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Gene Markey
    • William M. Conselman
    • Cleves Kinkead
  • Star
    • Robert Taylor
    • Loretta Young
    • Basil Rathbone
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,7/10
    630
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Roy Del Ruth
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Gene Markey
      • William M. Conselman
      • Cleves Kinkead
    • Star
      • Robert Taylor
      • Loretta Young
      • Basil Rathbone
    • 27Recensioni degli utenti
    • 6Recensioni della critica
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    Robert Taylor
    Robert Taylor
    • Richard Winfield
    Loretta Young
    Loretta Young
    • Ellen Neal
    Basil Rathbone
    Basil Rathbone
    • Wroxton
    Patsy Kelly
    Patsy Kelly
    • Gracie
    Joe E. Lewis
    Joe E. Lewis
    • Smiley Watson
    • (as Joe Lewis)
    Marjorie Gateson
    Marjorie Gateson
    • Mrs. Winfield
    Paul Harvey
    Paul Harvey
    • Perry Winfield
    Jane Darwell
    Jane Darwell
    • Mrs. Meecham
    Paul Stanton
    Paul Stanton
    • Rawlings
    John Miljan
    John Miljan
    • Stapp
    Monroe Owsley
    Monroe Owsley
    • Coakley
    Billy Bevan
    Billy Bevan
    • Frederick
    Frank Dawson
    Frank Dawson
    • Graham
    George Irving
    George Irving
    • Judge
    May Beatty
    May Beatty
    • Grandma Gammon
    Alexander Pollard
    Alexander Pollard
    • Footman
    • (as Alex Pollard)
    Jack Pennick
    Jack Pennick
    • Gus Rilovitch
    John Van Eyck
    • John
    • Regia
      • Roy Del Ruth
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Gene Markey
      • William M. Conselman
      • Cleves Kinkead
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    HarlowMGM

    Maid in Heaven

    "Private Number" is a nice little romantic picture about love between the haves and have nots. Representing the latter is lovely Loretta Young, a penniless young woman who decides to apply for a job as a maid and on the other side is handsome Robert Taylor, who happens to be the son of the wealthy couple who employ her. Back home from college for the summer, Taylor presumes Loretta is one of the guests for the party welcoming him home but even after discovering her actual status is bewitched enough by her beauty to still pursue her. Looking on with malice is head butler Basil Rathbone who wants Loretta for himself (his creepy demeanor and malevolent running of the house staff cancels any possibility Loretta would want him). Taylor persuades Young to secretly marry him, planning to announce their marriage after graduation. Trouble is Loretta with child while he is away at school, leading a jealous Rathbone scheme to destroy her relations with the family.

    Robert Taylor was only a year into his stardom when this film was made in 1936 and he is once again in the type of role he specialized in at the time, the dashing young heir pursuing a young woman in a Cinderella romance but one that has turns with misunderstandings and mistrust. It's almost the same story as "Small Town Girl", a better picture he also made that year. On loanout here to 20th Century-Fox, the MGM hunk was the undisputed heartthrob of the moment and among the top five box office stars (he would have been unrivalled in the late 1930's had Fox not quickly developed their own matinee idol in Tyrone Power later that year.) Taylor's very good but since Loretta Young was a Fox contractee, her character dominates the story. Gentle and graceful, Loretta was a moderately talented actress very capable in light stories like this one.

    The supporting cast is hit and miss. Earthy chatterbox Patsy Kelly steals the film as Loretta's best friend, one of the family's other maids, and the excellent, elegant character actress Marjorie Gateson is quite good as Taylor's mother, taking a shine to Loretta early on and making her a personal maid. Basil Rathbone, alas, was always unsubtle when playing a villain and here he's such a creep it's hard to believe the family would ever believe he was looking out for their best interests. Paul Harvey was also a little excessive as Taylor's father. On the other hand, the underrated Monroe Owsley, is a bit of a surprise. Always cast as untrustworthy dalliances for movie queens (Stanwyck, Mae West, etc.) here he comes across a believable nice guy. We (and Loretta!) should have known better! Kane Richmond, a Robert Taylor type for B movies in that era, has a brief role as the family's chauffeur.

    The film audaciously has many parallels with Loretta Young's private life, one wonders if the studio had concocted this little story to put some confusion in the public re speculation about her private romances, as if the public hearing the Hollywood whispers might conclude it was all just a movie plot. Unwed Loretta had just given birth to Clark Gable's child which much of Hollywood suspected but it was never acknowledged until the 1990's when Loretta was near the end of her life. In this movie, Loretta has to fight an annulment so that her baby will remain "legitimate". If that's not nervy enough, how about a scene where Patsy Kelly rhapsodizes about Clark Gable's screen sex appeal to which Loretta whole-heartedly agrees!

    "Private Number" is basically just a pleasant but unremarkable romantic drama, the screen equivalent to a paperback romance novel but with beautiful stars and a smooth production to hold your interest.
    7skyvue

    Pre-Code? Uh...

    This movie has its charms, but it cannot be a "Pre-Code gem," since it came out two years after the Code clampdown kicked in.

    It's a little sappy, actually -- it'd have been much better if it HAD been made during the Pre-Code era.

    But I do agree that Loretta Young's delightful in it.
    7Nubian-3

    The Great Loretta Young

    I caught this film for the very first time,as I can remember,on Fox Movie Channel.The lead actor was listed as Tyronne Power instead of Robert Taylor.I don't know whether the fault lies with TV Guide or the cable channel.Maybe both.

    I enjoyed watching a young Loretta Young,one of my favorites.The storyline deals with a maid who falls in love,marries and has a baby for her employers son.Basil Rathbone,another one of my favs,plays the wicked butler who cooks up a devilish plot to have her arrested and and discredited in the eyes of her employers and fired.

    This old black and white charm took me way back to my childhood days watching Ms Young's television show with similar stories.Released way back in the 1930's,it is a jewel of a picture.

    Can you believe TV Guide even had it listed as a comedy?
    8planktonrules

    She's completely irresistible...

    Ellen (Loretta Young) arrives at a mansion seeking work as a domestic. Although she has no previous experience and normally wouldn't have been hired, the cruel head butler (Basil Rathbone) thinks she's a hot tomato and hires her--presumably so he can one day have his way with her. However, the unexpected happens...the son of the family she now works for soon falls for her. Richard (Robert Taylor) is very persistent and eventually they begin seeing each other on the sly. It becomes serious...so serious that he wants to marry her. But if she does, will the family accept her? And what about the cruel head butler? He's not the sort to just give up...especially when he has something he can blackmail her with should he choose to do so.

    This is a very interesting film when you realize how tall Basil Rathbone was in real life. He wasn't a small guy...but here the director must be manipulating perspective to make him look much taller and more menacing. So, while he's only less than two inches taller than Robert Taylor, he towers over him...and everyone else. This was actually a smart move and really made him seem all the more awful!

    So is this any good? Well, considering the actors, it couldn't help but be very good. Young and Taylor are very good but Rathbone steals the show with his shear awfulness...he really was a terrific villain. Also, in a small role, Monroe Owsley was AMAZING as a pusilanimous jerk...and his courtroom scene is one of the best I've seen in some time. Too bad Owsley died the following year. Well worth seeing and satisfying all around.
    6blanche-2

    #me too

    Loretta Young stars with Robert Taylor in "Private Number" from 1936, also featuring Basil Rathbone, Patsy Kelly, Marjorie Gateson, Paul Harvey, Monroe Owsley, and Jane Darwell.

    Young plays Ellen, a new employee at the fabulous Winfield mansion, working as a personal maid to Mrs. Winfield (Gateson). She immediately catches the eye of the cruel, lecherous butler Wroxton (Rathbone) who tells her that things will go well for her if she cooperates and is accommodating.

    One night, there's a big party going on when who should sweep in but the young man of the house, Richard (Taylor). Hmm...Loretta Young...Robert Taylor. I wonder what happens.

    Ellen's best friend on the staff is Gracie (Patsy Kelly). The two of them go out one evening, but Ellen loses all of her money. A man (Owsley) offers her a ride home. He takes her instead to an illegal gambling parlor which is raided. Ellen, who never entered the gambling part, hides behind a door and is caught and arrested. She has to call Wroxton to bail her out. He files that away for future use.

    Ellen and Richard find their mutual attraction too strong and start to see one another on the sly. He proposes marriage before he goes away to finish college. She feels him marrying beneath his station is a big mistake for him, and his family will not approve.

    Taylor, an MGM actor, must have been on loan to 20th Century Fox. At that point, the studio was still in its infancy - Tyrone Power wouldn't come along until 1936, Richard Greene until 1938, and John Payne even later. I always felt they put too much makeup on Taylor, and he didn't need it. He and Young make a beautiful and sympathetic couple.

    Young was simply gorgeous, about 22 years old then. Patsy Kelly to me always yelled her lines. Rathbone was terrific, absolutely hateful, as Wroxton.

    Enjoyable.

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      Early in the picture, Ellen, portrayed by Loretta Young, is discussing a blind date with Gracie, portrayed by Patsy Kelly. Ellen says she hopes the guy can dance. Gracie replies that the last one was a corporal that "was as handsome as Gable, and Gable ain't bad!" Ellen replies, "Oh I'll say not!" This discussion is ironic because when filming Il richiamo della foresta (1935) the year before this film was released, Young had an affair with Clark Gable, leading to the birth of their daughter, Judy Lewis. Audiences at the time didn't realize the irony since this secret affair wasn't made public until years later.
    • Blooper
      Jane Darwell is billed as "Mrs. Meecham" but is called "Mrs. Frisby" twice.
    • Citazioni

      Ellen Neal: I'm talking about love Dick. You're talking about marriage. I couldn't marry you because... it would just be a mistake. That's all.

    • Connessioni
      Alternate-language version of Common Clay (1930)

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    • Data di uscita
      • 5 giugno 1936 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
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      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti(Studio)
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