Amazon.fr - Achetez The Flame of New Orleans à petit prix. like Rend Clair, but I didn’t hate him as much as the rest did. By the time the song is through, so is Claire. The countess has too many suitors much like any Marlene Dietrich film. Robert opens his heart to Lili and tells her he is in love with Claire, and has been since he first met with her. He also felt that unconsciously "they berated Rene Clair for making films in this country instead of France, not realizing that Rene had come here in search of that freedom which his pictures have always sung. slight but fun Dietrich comedy Rene Clair’s The Flame of New Orleans is a slight but fun romantic romp. She tells Charles that she mistook Robert for someone else, thus ending the battle. Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 26 Jan 1941: C3.McGilligan, Patrick, "Norman Krasna: The Woolworth's Touch", Hedda Hopper's HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles Times 26 Apr 1941: A9.Dietrich's 'Flame' or Rene Clair's? At this point Claire faints - for real this time, and is carried out of the room. She thought she was spoofing her old self, but apparently the gentle satire was lost." Two friends, who are members of a road crew employed by a Los Angeles power company, battle the elements to restore electrical power and trade punches over the same woman. Literature/Film Quarterly; Salisbury Vol. Mais, au moment de s'engager, elle part avec un beau rustre, capitaine d'un navire, pour qui elle est prise soudain d'une grande passion. By THEODORE STRAUSS. He also vows to properly take care of and guard Claire every night from now on. Giraud has been about to foreclose on a $150 loan made to a sea captain who needed the funds to court Claire.

Once Robert arrives back to his boat with Claire, he sets her free and she decides to stay the night. In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain. Charles finds Lili and Robert talking, and promises to settle Robert's loan debt if he takes Lili out of New Orleans. "Pasternak wrote "I did not think it made the bookkeepers at Universal very happy. Unfortunately for Claire, at a party, while she is up on stage singing, a man who knew her in Europe shows up. Only two days before their wedding Charles throws a party in Claire's honor. The supporting cast features Roland Young, Andy Devine and Franklin Pangborn.

The morning after Claire tells Robert that they will never see each other again. The wedding is held as planned a day later, but when Claire sees Robert as one of the guests, she realizes that he is the one she loves and fakes fainting again. The film begins with a mystery of a wedding dress found in the Mississippi River. "Dietrich said the film "was a flop. A woman of highly questionable reputation, seen from Charles' point of view. Livraison gratuite (voir cond.). The Flame of New Orleans (1941) as always, wore lavish costumes, but that wasn’t enough. Zolotov has no wish to enter a duel with the banker, and swears he must have been mistaken, since the girl he knew was known to fake fainting to get a man's attention.

He rushes over to her house to offer his assistance, but sees Charles through the window, and realizes the real reason for her rejection. She was thinking about the war and her adopted country's imminent part in it. 20 Films x 5 Decades: 1940s While not quite the best film starring Marlene Dietrich and not the best film directed by Rene Clair, The Flame of New Orleans is a pretty fun film all the same. We really had great possibilities. The banker immediately rushes to her rescue and Claire's mission is accomplished. Retrouvez infos & avis sur une large sélection de DVD & Blu-ray neufs ou d'occasion. I played a double role (sisters) and, I think technically it's very good, but the spirit, you know, was half European and half American, so I don't know.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful. A la Nouvelle-Orléans, en 1830, une aventurière attire les regards d'un riche banquier qui lui offre de l'épouser et la couvre de bijoux. It was the last of three films Dietrich made with producer Joe Pasternak who called it "in many ways, our most interesting. During the evening Zolotov tells stories of Claire to a friend of his, Bellows, and Charles' brother-in-law hears them talk. Critics Fall Out Charles brings Zolotov and Bellows to the restaurant, and demands that Lili leave town never to return - he doesn't wish to be associated with the kind of woman she is. This is how the story begins, and then we find out what really happened, as the story of Claire Ledux is revealed. Myself, I was trying to get out of my contract with Universal. Get Claire's "cousin" out of New Orleans before the wedding, Giraud tells the sea captain and the debt will be paid. The problem with this film is really in the writing. He doesn't confront her, but tells what he has found out to Charles. The story is set in New Orleans in the 1800s and has a fabulous art direction with costumes and set designs that are first rate. In the turmoil that follows, Claire disappears and is nowhere to be found. A cabaret singer takes up with a millionaire to pay for her gravely ill husband's operation. The one suitor is a poor sailor with a pet monkey and the other is Giraud, an older, wealthy but unattractive man. The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians. If they get too much on you and you fail, finish; that happened to me in Claire later said "I don't know now if it's as good or as bad as it's supposed to be. Certificate: Passed You know, you never do a film alone, but you are always impressed by the atmosphere, the air you breathe. When Claire arrives in New Orleans for the first time in her life she has a strong ambition to become Mrs Charles Giraud - a very rich and renowned banker. Robert agrees to this. There are plenty of light hearted moments as well. 'Week-end for Three' Likely Dunne Subject Los Angeles Times 1 Nov 1940: A10.Warners Will End Suspension of George Raft and Star Him in 'Danger Zone' New York Times 3 Jan 1941: 13.Hedda Hopper's HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles Times 6 Jan 1941: A14.AWAY FROM THE ROOFS OF PARIS: Rene Clair Talks About The Difficulties of Acclimatization Robert Latour is aggravated by this behaviour and tips the carriage over. He doesn't get to meet Claire, but is instead confronted by a woman named Lili - Claire's look-alike and illegitimate cousin from St. Petersburg. 2, (1982): 85-99.Mr.

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