An Ideal Husband (1947)

Director:

Alexander Korda

Writer:

Lajos Biró (screenplay)

Release Date:

February 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested...

Plot Keywords:

Politician | Past | Blackmail | Guilty Conscience | Secretary

Cast

Paulette Goddard	...	Mrs. Laura Cheveley
Michael Wilding	...	Viscount Arthur Goring
Diana Wynyard	...	Lady Gertrude Chiltern
Hugh Williams	...	Sir Robert Chiltern
C. Aubrey Smith	...	Earl of Caversham, Goring's Father (as Sir C. Aubrey Smith)
Glynis Johns	...	Miss Mabel Chiltern, Sir Robert's sister
Constance Collier	...	Lady Markby
Christine Norden	...	Mrs. Margaret Marchmont
Harriette Johns	...	Olivia, Countess of Basildon
Michael Medwin	...	Duke of Nonesuch
Michael Anthony	...	Viscomte de Nanjac
Peter Hobbes	...	Mr. Eddie Montford
John Clifford	...	Mr. Mason, the Chiltern Butler
Fred Groves	...	Phipps, Goring's Butler
Michael Ward	...	Mr. Tommy Tafford

Also Known As:

Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband (UK) (complete title)

Runtime:

96 min | UK:125 min (original version)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

West Germany:12 | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (video rating) (1987) | USA:Approved (PCA #12764)

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

London Film Productions

Trivia:

First film of Michael Ward.

Movie Connections:

Version of Ein idealer Gatte (1966) (TV)

Soundtrack:

After the Ball

Classy Costumes With Fine Acting of Oscar Wilde

This is visually a beatiful costume film by Cecil Beaton. Add Oscar Wilde's brittle dialogue, put Paulette Goddard in the leading role as Mrs. Chesney with England's top drawer supporting cast (Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Glynis Johns and Hugh Williams) and you have excellent drawing room comedy.

Goddard holds her own opposite such a luminous cast as this. Upon her entrance in Beaton's exquisite gown with feathers in her hat, she dominates the screen with her glamour. There is an elegance in Goddard that wasn't seen too much in previous roles. She has matured into a fine actress from her early days of romantic comedy and DeMille epics. Nice change.