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6.9/10   99 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Stephen Morehouse Avery (original screenplay) and
Don Hartman (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 September 1935 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
Mirabel wins a $5,000 lottery which will enable her to live like a queen in New York. There she meets Sandro... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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Jody McCrea
 (From Alt Film Guide. 7 April 2009, 1:41 PM, PDT)

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Undiscovered gem of a movie. more (3 total)

Cast

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Francis Lederer ... Sandro
Frances Dee ... Mirabel Miller
Benita Hume ... Miss Cordelia Channing
Alan Mowbray ... Lord Clewe
Lennox Pawle ... Consul-General Semanek
Adele St. Mauer ... Lucille - a Maid (as Adele St. Maur)
Akim Tamiroff ... Spellek
Luis Alberni ... Ernest
Lionel Stander ... Gettel
Ferdinand Gottschalk ... Mr. Squires
Richard Carle ... Mr. Spitzer
Lenita Lane ... Peg DeForrest
Barbara Fritchie ... Joan Dennison
Paul Hurst ... Bell Captain
Robert Greig ... Adolph
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
April Folly (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
77 min (copyright length) (FMC Library Print)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #1171) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

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Trivia:
A song entitled "Paris in the Evening" with music by Ted Snyder and lyrics by Preston Sturges was to be sung by Francis Lederer, but was dropped. more

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8 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Undiscovered gem of a movie., 6 May 2007
10/10
Author: bigpeeler from St.Louis, Missouri

What a wonderful old film. This old flick moves along at a intelligent pace with wit and timing throughout. For a movie over 70 years old, the dialog is smart with no over-acting to be found anywhere. The interplay between Francis Lederer and Frances Dee is humorous, mature and completely entertaining. The story is not complicated, but the pace and writing carry it along fine.

What Hollywood would do with a re-make of this God only knows, but it would be well worth a try. Until then, I highly recommend The Gay Deception. Seek this movie out and you will not be sorry.

14 out of 14. (See the movie and you'll understand)

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