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词条 Indiscreet (1931 film)
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast (in credits order)

  3. Critical reception

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = Indiscreet
| image = Indiscreet-1931.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Leo McCarey
| producer = Lew Brown
Buddy G. DeSylva
Ray Henderson
| writer = Buddy G. DeSylva (story & scenario)
Lew Brown (story & scenario)
Ray Henderson (story & scenario)
Leo McCarey
| starring = Gloria Swanson
Ben Lyon
| music = Alfred Newman
| cinematography = Ray June
Gregg Toland
| editing = Hal C. Kern
| distributor = United Artists
| released = {{Film date|1931|05|16}}
| country = United States
| language = English}}

Indiscreet is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Gloria Swanson and Ben Lyon. The screenplay by Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson, based on their story Obey That Impulse, originally was written as a full-fledged musical, but only two songs - "If You Haven't Got Love" and "Come to Me" - remained when the film was released.[1] The film is available on DVD.

Plot

Determined to start the new year off right, dress designer Geraldine "Jerry" Trent sends her unfaithful boyfriend, Jim Woodward packing. A short time later, her friend Buster Collins introduces her to author Tony Blake. Jerry loves Tony's book, Obey That Impulse , and finds him attractive as well. Practicing what he preaches, Tony immediately proposes marriage. Jerry just laughs, but together they have a lot of fun acting out Tony's theory, and she soon realizes that she loves and wants to marry him. First, though, she feels she must tell him about her affair with Jim despite dire warnings from her Aunt Kate. Although he's upset by the news, Tony still wants to marry her. The next day, Jerry's sister Joan arrives home from school in France, where, unknown to Jerry, she has fallen in love with Jim. When Jerry finds out, she warns Jim to stay away from her sister, but he doesn't take the situation seriously and invites everyone to his parent's house party. Initially, Jerry refuses to go, but when she finds out that business will prevent Tony from attending, she decides to go after all and keep an eye on Joan. Desperate to break Joan's engagement, Jerry first pretends to be a little crazy. When this doesn't work, she pretends she is still in love with Jim. While the two of them are alone together, she signals to Joan for help by singing a special song. Joan comes to her aid only to see Jerry and Jim embracing. Unfortunately, so does Tony, who has arrived at the last minute. Heartbroken, Jerry returns home, where Aunt Kate convinces her to pursue Tony who is sailing for Europe. Jerry sneaks on the boat in the seat of a car and finds Tony who asks the captain to marry them immediately.[2]

Cast (in credits order)

  • Gloria Swanson as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
  • Ben Lyon as Tony Blake
  • Monroe Owsley as Jim Woodward
  • Barbara Kent as Joan Trent
  • Arthur Lake as Buster Collins
  • Maude Eburne as Aunt Kate
  • Henry Kolker as Mr Woodward
  • Nella Walker as Mrs Woodward

Critical reception

In May 1931 in The New York Times, film critic Mordaunt Hall gave Indiscreet a mixed review:{{quote|It may have its off moments so far as the few serious incidents are concerned, but when it stoops to farce, there is no denying its jollity ... on the whole, it is a well-worked out entertainment, wherein gusts of merriment cause one to overlook its occasional flaws ... Now and again the film sobers up, but the director and the authors have solved a way of inoculating it with further mirth, and even at the end there is a streak of fun that is almost Chaplinesque.[3]}}

References

1. ^Indiscreet at the New York Film Annex
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79209/Indiscreet/|title=Indiscreet (1931) - Overview - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en|access-date=2018-07-14}}
3. ^Hall, Mordaunt (1931). [https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C01E4DD153BE433A25754C0A9639C946094D6CF "THE SCREEN; A Merry Miss Swanson"], film review, The New York Times, May 7, 1931; retrieved October 6, 2017.

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0022000}}
  • {{Internet Archive film|id=Indiscreet|name=Indiscreet}}
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10 : 1931 films|1930s romantic comedy films|American films|American romantic comedy films|American black-and-white films|English-language films|Films scored by Alfred Newman|Films directed by Leo McCarey|Films made before the MPAA Production Code|United Artists films

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