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Director:
Cecil B. DeMille
Writers:
Jeanie Macpherson (written by) &
Gladys Unger (written by) ...
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Release Date:
20 September 1930 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical | Romance | Comedy more
Plot:
Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper class couple. Unfortunately, Bob is an unfaithful husband. But Angela... more | add synopsis
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Jaw dropping. Noel Coward Meets the Ten Commandments. Closet Drama opens into Zeppelin Spectacle more (19 total)

Cast

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Kay Johnson ... Angela Brooks
Reginald Denny ... Bob Brooks
Lillian Roth ... Trixie
Roland Young ... Jimmy Wade
Elsa Peterson ... Martha - Angela's Maid
Jack King ... Herman - Pianist
Eddie Prinz ... Riff - Banjoist (as Edward Prinz)
Boyd Irwin ... Zeppelin Captain
Wallace MacDonald ... First Mate
Tyler Brooke ... Romeo
Ynez Seabury ... Babo
Theodore Kosloff ... Electricity
Julanne Johnston ... Miss Conning Tower
Martha Sleeper ... Fish Girl
Doris McMahon ... Water
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Runtime:
116 min (TCM print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Two songs not used in the film: "This Is Love" - music by Herbert Stothart and lyrics by Clifford Grey; and "Satan's Song" - music by Jack King and lyrics by Elsie Janis. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Angela closes the same door twice when she visits Trixie's appartment. more
Quotes:
Angela Brooks: Who wants to go to hell with Madam Satan? more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Ballet Mécanique more

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Jaw dropping. Noel Coward Meets the Ten Commandments. Closet Drama opens into Zeppelin Spectacle, 31 July 2000
Author: dizozza from New York, NY

Difficult times for affluent married couple when wife interrupts her organ playing to put drunk husband to bed with his chum for the afternoon. To condemn their wasteful leisure time may lead viewers to consider the waste of our own, until suddenly the invitation to a masked ball on a zeppelin transpires into a black and white hallucination. No, it doesn't explode at its launch tower, but the zeppelin does break loose in a storm and crash, and before doing so, instructs us how to parachute out. The movie is unforgettable. Sorry for the obscure reference, but the Kate Bush "Babooshka" song summarizes the Noel Coward-like script. The wife's costume, her singing at the drop of the hat, her performance, and her general display of dignity alert me to the possibility of enjoying other deMille films. I used to consider his flat direction of dialogue scenes stultifying (like watching skulls dry) while falling off the chair at the sight of his special effects. No, the entire film is mystical and I'm interested in seeing more. 1930!

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