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18 October 1946 (USA)
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Tagline:
THE STAR OF 'STOLEN LIFE' STEALS ANOTHER LIFE! (original ad - all caps) See more »
Plot:
Music teacher Christine Radcliffe thought Karel Novak to have been killed in the war. She loves him more than ever and insists they marry...
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A way underrated treasure
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Bette Davis | ... | Christine Radcliffe |
 | Paul Henreid | ... | Karel Novak |
 | Claude Rains | ... | Alexander Hollenius |
| John Abbott | ... | Bertram Gribble |
| Benson Fong | ... | Jimmy, Hollenius' Servant |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Russell Arms | ... | Music Student (uncredited) |
| Lois Austin | ... | Norma, Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
 | Patricia Barry | ... | Music Student (uncredited) |
| Lulu Mae Bohrman | ... | Restaurant Diner (uncredited) |
| James Carlisle | ... | Restaurant Diner (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Carr | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| James Conaty | ... | Well-Wisher at Concert (uncredited) |
| Marcelle Corday | ... | Hat Check Woman (uncredited) |
 | Gino Corrado | ... | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Suzi Crandall | ... | Music Student (uncredited) |
| Frank Dae | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Jean De Briac | ... | Andre the Matre'd (uncredited) |
| Cyril Delevanti | ... | Beggar (uncredited) |
| Bernard DeRoux | ... | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Earle S. Dewey | ... | Mr. Day, Jovial Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Norma Drury Boleslavsky | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
 | Richard Erdman | ... | Jerry Spencer - Bugle Music Student Editor (uncredited) |
| Franklyn Farnum | ... | Restaurant Diner (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | ... | Wedding Guest Ringing Glass (uncredited) |
| Ross Ford | ... | Music Student (uncredited) |
| Jane Harker | ... | Music Student (uncredited) |
| Henry Hebert | ... | Concertgoer (uncredited) |
| Leza Holland | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Kenneth Hunter | ... | Manager (uncredited) |
| Boyd Irwin | ... | Elderly Gentleman (uncredited) |
| Colin Kenny | ... | Concertgoer (uncredited) |
| Mike Lally | ... | Hatcheck Clerk (uncredited) |
| Albert Law | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| James B. Leong | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Max Linder | ... | Concertgoer (uncredited) |
| Theodore Lorch | ... | Well-wisher at Concert (uncredited) |
| Philo McCullough | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Louis Mercier | ... | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Harold Miller | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Ray Montgomery | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Richard Neill | ... | Concertgoer (uncredited) |
| Einar Neilsen | ... | Neilsen, Orchestra Conductor (uncredited) |
| Albert Petit | ... | Well-wisher at Concert (uncredited) |
| Alexander Pollard | ... | Pollard the Butler (uncredited) |
| Ramon Ros | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| William Roy | ... | Busboy (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | ... | Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| Scott Seaton | ... | Concertgoer (uncredited) |
| Ellinor Vanderveer | ... | Restaurant Diner (uncredited) |
| Richard Walsh | ... | Porter (uncredited) |
| Richard Wang | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Florence Wix | ... | Restaurant Diner (uncredited) |
| Jean Wong | ... | Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
| Clifton Young | ... | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Irving Rapper | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| John Collier | ||
| Joseph Than | ||
| Louis Verneuil | play "Monsieur Lambertheir aka Satan aka Jealousy" | |
Produced by | |||
| Henry Blanke | .... | producer | |
| Jack L. Warner | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Ernest Haller | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Alan Crosland Jr. | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Anton Grot | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| George James Hopkins | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Perc Westmore | .... | makeup artist | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jesse Hibbs | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Dolph Thomas | .... | sound | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Edwin B. DuPar | .... | special effects | |
| William C. McGann | .... | special effects director (as William McGann) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Bernard Newman | .... | wardrobe | |
Music Department | |||
| Leo F. Forbstein | .... | musical director | |
| LeRoy Prinz | .... | stager: orchestral numbers | |
| Eleanor Aller | .... | musician: cello solo (uncredited) | |
| Simon Bucharoff | .... | orchestrator: Hollenius Cello Concerto (uncredited) | |
| Shura Cherkassky | .... | musician: piano player for Bette Davis (uncredited) | |
| Murray Cutter | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Jack Daniels | .... | dialogue director | |
Production Companies
- Warner Bros. Pictures (as Warner Bros.-First National Pictures Inc.)
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1946) (USA) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)
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110 min
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1.37 : 1 See more »
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Trivia:
Paul Henreid's cello-playing was dubbed by Eleanor Aller (Mrs Felix Slatkin) while she was pregnant with Frederic Zlotkin. Her father, Gregory Aller, coached Henreid in plausible bow movements.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: At the end of the film, after Karel Novak has played the Hollenius Cello Concerto and is receiving an ovation, as he acknowledges the applause, his cello mysteriously appears and disappears. In the close ups as he takes his bow, he has it, but when the camera cuts to him in long shot, it is missing.See more »
Quotes:
Alexander Hollenius:[snatches his bleeding hand away from Christine Radcliffe] Like all women: white as a sheet at the sight of a couple of scratches... but calm and smiling as a hospital nurse in the presence of a mortal wound... Good night!See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006) (TV)See more »
Soundtrack:
Hollenius' Cello ConcertoSee more »
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How did I never come across Deception (1946) before? It's got to be Claude Rains' most delicious role. He absolutely has a blast playing the grand, tyrannical, jealous composer who hates giving Bette up to Paul Henreid, her former lover who has just returned from Europe at the end of the war. Both men are wickedly jealous of each other. The scene where the great composer unexpectedly arrives at Bette's and Paul's festive wedding party at her great loft apartment overlooking the river in New York (modeled on Leonard Bernstein's apartment) and trades poisonous banter with Bette and Paul makes the movie worth it by itself. But every scene is a gem, such as the scene where Claude takes them to a haute cuisine French restaurant and spends 10 minutes going back and forth over whether to order pheasant, trout, or saddle of lamb and whether to go with a Hermitage or a Vosne Romanee wine. This is some of the sharpest, wittiest dialogue I've seen in a movie, rivaling Ernst Lubitsch and every bit as good as in All About Eve. Oh, and I forgot to mention the amazingly good symphony performance scenes, with an original cello concerto by Korngold, ("played" by Henreid with the arms of two real cellists reaching in from either side to play the instrument). And Bette, a trained pianist, playing Beethoven at her wedding party (she really wanted to play it herself but Jack Warner decided against it but you can see she knows what she's doing in fingering the keys). If you haven't seen it, do check it out.