No Minor Vices (1948)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Lewis Milestone

Writer:

Arnold Manoff (story)

Release Date:

12 November 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Perry Ashwell is a self-satisfied child psychologist who takes his colleagues and wife somewhat for granted...

Plot Keywords:

Child Psychologist | Drawing On Wall | Cuckoo Clock | Breakfast | Abstract Art

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dana Andrews	...	Perry Aswell
Lilli Palmer	...	April Ashwell
Louis Jourdan	...	Octavio Quaglini
Jane Wyatt	...	Miss Darlington
Norman Lloyd	...	Dr. Sturdivant
Bernard Gorcey	...	Mr. Zitzfleisch
Roy Roberts	...	Mr. Felton
Fay Baker	...	Mrs. Felton
Sharon McManus	...	Gloria Felton
Ann Doran	...	Mrs. Faraday
Beau Bridges	...	Bertram
Frank Kreig	...	Cab Driver
Kay Williams	...	Receptionist
Robert Hyatt	...	Genius (as Bobby Hyatt)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eileen Coghlan	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Frank Conlan	...	Window Cleaner (uncredited)
Bert Davidson	...	(uncredited)
Jean Fenwick	...	(uncredited)
Inna Gest	...	Mrs. Fleishgelt (uncredited)
Jerry Mullins	...	Boy (uncredited)
Joy Rogers	...	Nurse (uncredited)

Directed by
Lewis Milestone

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Arnold Manoff		story and screenplay

Produced by
Lewis Milestone	....	producer

Original Music by
Franz Waxman

Cinematography by
George Barnes		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robert Parrish

Production Design by
Nicolai Remisoff

Set Decoration by
Edward G. Boyle

Makeup Department
Lillian Lashin	....	hair stylist
Gustaf Norin	....	makeup supervisor (as Gus Norin)

Production Management
Joe C. Gilpin	....	executive production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nate Watt	....	assistant director
Robert Aldrich	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Frank McWhorter	....	sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Carl Gibson	....	grip (uncredited)
John F. Warren	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Scotty Welbourne	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marion Herwood Keyes	....	wardrobe designer (as Marion Herwood)

Music Department
Rudolph Polk	....	musical director

Other crew
Mario Castegnaro	....	process department
Kenneth Hopkins	....	hat maker
Don Weis	....	dialogue director

Production Companies

• Enterprise Productions

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1948) (USA) (theatrical)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:15

Company:

Enterprise Productions

Trivia:

Feature film debut of 'Beau Bridges'.

Goofs:

Continuity: The footstool's position varies between scenes. When Perry falls over the footstool the first time, he places it so that it is near the foot of April's bed. However when April falls over it, it has moved to the middle of the floor some distance away from the beds towards the bathroom. After falling over it a second time, Perry moves it away from the beds and away from the direction of the bathroom. However when he is carrying April out of the bathroom, the footstool is now back in the middle of the floor between the beds and the bathroom.

ok but needs a Cary Grant

I did try to like this - and Lilli Palmer is excellent as the bored wife of gifted doctor Dana Andrews, doomed to a life of cooking lobsters and making do. The part of the doctor though seems to be beyond Andrews and needs a Cary Grant or a William Powell to give it some zip. And Louis Jourdan wouldn't float my boat, far too scheming and false, yuk. Watch out for little Beau Bridges in one of his early film roles. It's fun but with the right cast and a lighter touch than director Lewis Milestone had it could have been more than a minor curio.