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Director:
Writers:
Jacques Deval (play)
Valerie Wyngate (play) ...
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Release Date:
June 1942 (USA) more
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Plot:
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Not as Bad as Legend Has It more (19 total)

Cast

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Norma Shearer ... Consuelo Croyden

Robert Taylor ... Terry Trindale
George Sanders ... Tony Barling
Frank McHugh ... Chappie Champagne
Elizabeth Patterson ... Eva, Consuelo's housekeeper
Chill Wills ... Sam, the judge
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #8158) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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Trivia:
Joan Crawford and Hedy Lamarr were each offered the part of "Consuela", but both turned it down. more
Movie Connections:
Version of The Cardboard Lover (1928) more
Soundtrack:
Frühlingslied (Spring Song) Op.62 #6 more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Not as Bad as Legend Has It, 19 December 2005
9/10
Author: drednm

Norma Shearer plays a woman on the rebound from a bad love affair. She meets a man (Robert Taylor) who has been following her around a casino. He finally gets the nerve to talk to her and blurt out I LOVE YOU. She is, of course, repulsed. By chance he runs into a man (George Sanders) desperate to get a note to a woman. When Taylor hears who it is (Shearer) he offers to pass the note. Silly on a certain level, the the 3 stars are so good you forget the obvious machinations of the script and just watch 3 pros at work.

Sanders still loves Shearer who might love Sanders but Taylor loves Shearer as she is interested. Forget the plot Taylor is a sing writer with Frank McHugh and Shearer is guarded over by maid Elizabeth Patterson. Lots of fun with many funny lines.

For some reason this was a huge bomb when released in 1942 and it ended Norma Shearer's 22-year film career. It's not even a bad movie! She looks great and gives a lively and funny performance. Taylor is also in top form.

Certainly worth a look

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