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Divorced couple unexpectedly meet each other during their honeymoon and rekindle their love.Divorced couple unexpectedly meet each other during their honeymoon and rekindle their love.Divorced couple unexpectedly meet each other during their honeymoon and rekindle their love.
Herman Bing
- Train Conductor
- (uncredited)
Ferike Boros
- Cook at Chalet
- (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
- Hotel Concierge
- (uncredited)
Wilfrid North
- Sibyl's Wedding Escort
- (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker
- Little Boy at Station
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaRobert Montgomery was accidentally knocked unconscious during the fight scene with Norma Shearer.
- GoofsWhen Elyot, Amanda, and Oscar are riding on the gondola, Elyot and Amanda begin to argue. As their argument escalates, the two of them stand up, and Oscar, listening quietly, stands up with them. Their is a cut to a medium shot of Oscar which shows him still seated. Then a return to the shot of the three of them which shows Oscar standing again.
- Quotes
Victor Prynne: He struck you once didn't he?
Amanda: Oh, more than once.
Victor Prynne: Where?
Amanda: Several places.
Victor Prynne: What a cad!
Amanda: Ha-ha. I struck him too. Once I broke four gramophone records over his head. It was very satisfying.
- ConnectionsVersion of Les amants terribles (1936)
- SoundtracksSomeday I'll Find You
(1931) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Noël Coward
Sung by Norma Shearer
Whistled and played on piano by Robert Montgomery
Played often as background music
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very good adaptation
I had the pleasure several years ago of seeing Lindsay Duncan and Alan Rickman on Broadway in Noel Coward's durable comedy, "Private Lives," and they were magnificent. I admit I had low expectations for a film version. I was pleasantly surprised that, though scenes were added and changed, the film keeps the tone of the play.
I actually saw part of this movie when I was about nine years old. James Card of the George Eastman House introduced it on a weekly old film program. To a nine-year-old, it seemed very foreign, given its age. Strangely, I have always remembered the line, "We're married in the eyes of heaven" - from that TV showing! And sure enough, my memory was correct - that either says something about Montgomery's line reading, or that I had no understanding of what the line meant, or I have a weird memory. Not sure.
I thought the two stars, Robert Montgomery and Norma Shearer, portrayed the couple excellently. Shearer is so often criticized for her acting, but I'm sorry, I've seen her in some very good performances, although I grant you, she was a movie star first and foremost. The couple also has great chemistry.
I understand the apartment in Paris was changed to attract the German market, which eliminated the great part of the maid.
In the end, the film is very enjoyable and the play, of course, set the stage for many ripoffs. I agree with another of the comments, it would have been fabulous to have Coward and Lawrence preserved on film.
I actually saw part of this movie when I was about nine years old. James Card of the George Eastman House introduced it on a weekly old film program. To a nine-year-old, it seemed very foreign, given its age. Strangely, I have always remembered the line, "We're married in the eyes of heaven" - from that TV showing! And sure enough, my memory was correct - that either says something about Montgomery's line reading, or that I had no understanding of what the line meant, or I have a weird memory. Not sure.
I thought the two stars, Robert Montgomery and Norma Shearer, portrayed the couple excellently. Shearer is so often criticized for her acting, but I'm sorry, I've seen her in some very good performances, although I grant you, she was a movie star first and foremost. The couple also has great chemistry.
I understand the apartment in Paris was changed to attract the German market, which eliminated the great part of the maid.
In the end, the film is very enjoyable and the play, of course, set the stage for many ripoffs. I agree with another of the comments, it would have been fabulous to have Coward and Lawrence preserved on film.
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- Sep 10, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
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