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8.3/10   4,270 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Aladar Laszlo (play)
Grover Jones (adaptation)
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Release Date:
21 October 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
High class European thief Gaston Monesque meets his soul mate Lily, a pickpocket masquerading as a countess... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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sparkling diamond of a film more (45 total)

Cast

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Miriam Hopkins ... Lily

Kay Francis ... Madame Mariette Colet
Herbert Marshall ... Gaston Monescu
Charles Ruggles ... The Major (as Charlie Ruggles)

Edward Everett Horton ... François Filiba
C. Aubrey Smith ... Adolph J. Giron
Robert Greig ... Jacques, Mariette's Butler
Leonid Kinskey ... The Communist
George Humbert ... Waiter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Golden Widow (USA) (pre-release title)
The Honest Finder (USA) (working title)
Thieves and Lovers (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
83 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

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Trivia:
This movie was popular both with critics and with audiences, but was made before the enforcement of the production code. After 1935, it was withdrawn from circulation and was not seen again until 1968. The film was never available on videocassette and only became available on DVD in 2003. more
Quotes:
Mariette Colet: I have a confession to make to you: You like me. In fact, you're crazy about me. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in One, Two, Three (1961) more
Soundtrack:
Colet and Company more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
sparkling diamond of a film, 14 March 2007
10/10
Author: jarotra from Tinseltown, USA

Please read the other reviews for the full measure of this treasure - I will just string together my observations:

Amazingly deft display of international sophistication for such an early film - who knew? Pre-code comedy of adult realities, without a hint of exploitive sensationalism.

Herbert Marshall as a romantic lead, every bit as good as, say, Cary Grant or Ronald Coleman - at absolute top of form, like everyone in the cast. Again, who knew? Miriam Hopkins, just stunning. Pure chemistry with Marshall.

Kay Francis, new to me, but gorgeous and utterly believable.

And all the supporting players - C. Aubrey Smith, Edward Everett Horton, Charlie Ruggles, even Robert Grieg, the butler (as also in The Lady Eve, a film of similar polish) - each familiar from many other films, but scarcely if ever seen in better form.

I truly do not understand why this film is not better known to me and everyone. I had to see it in a film class, and was frankly expecting much worse considering it was made scarcely three or four years into the "talkie" era. This is a polished many faceted gem, criminally under-circulated. It makes you wonder what Hollywood might have accomplished without an over-restrictive Production Code.

I see DVD became available only in 2003? This is a MUST SEE!

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