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The Flame of New Orleans (1941)In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain. Director:René ClairWriter:Norman Krasna |
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Title: The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
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Nominated for 1 Oscar.
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Countess Claire Ledoux, aka Lili
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Robert Latour
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Charles Giraud
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Zolotov
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Andrew, The First Sailor
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Frank Jenks | ... |
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Eddie Quillan | ... |
Third Sailor
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Laura Hope Crews | ... |
Auntie
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Franklin Pangborn | ... |
Bellows
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Theresa Harris | ... |
Clementine, Claire's Maid
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Samuel, Carriage Driver
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Melville Cooper | ... |
Brother-in-Law
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Anne Revere | ... |
Giraud's Sister
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Bob Evans | ... |
William
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Emily Fitzroy | ... |
Giraud's Cousin Amelia
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French farce comes to the New World in 1840 as Claire Ledoux convinces the middle-aged banker who is her fiance that she is two different women -- a deception made necessary by the arrival of a man acquainted with the swath she cut across Europe. Giraud has been about to foreclose on a $150 loan made to a sea captain who needed the funds to court Claire. Get Claire's "cousin" out of New Orleans before the wedding, Giraud tells the sea captain and the debt will be paid. Written by Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 April 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La belle ensorceleuse See more »Filming Locations:
Louisiana, USACompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Music by Charles Previn
Lyrics by Samuel Lerner (as Sam Lerner)
Played on piano and sung by Marlene Dietrich
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"Sweet Is the Blush of May"Music by Charles Previn
Lyrics by Samuel Lerner (as Sam Lerner)
Played on piano and sung by Marlene Dietrich
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This is a delightful old film with a cast of characters, from Bruce Cabot, who plays the captain and romantic interest, to Andy Devine, Frank Jenks, Mischa Auer and a whole bunch of studio character actors. Roland Young, who delighted us in the original Topper with Cary Grant, plays the befuddled count who plans to marry Die Marlene on the pretext she's an innocent young darling. The scene where the New Orleans ladies take Marlene aside to give her a little lecture on the "burden of womanhood she'll have to endure" after her marriage is priceless, with the tiny smirk that plays across Marlene's face (given her well-known history, it makes it doubly funny). While this little film isn't (and wasn't)a great shake at the box office at the time, it is delightful to see Die Marlene, always beautiful in that classic, classy European sense, at her best.