A beguiling international jewel thief loses her heart.A beguiling international jewel thief loses her heart.A beguiling international jewel thief loses her heart.
Wong Artarne
- Chinese Servant
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
- Coachman
- (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
- French Detective
- (uncredited)
Nina Borget
- Patron
- (uncredited)
George Calliga
- Patron
- (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Albert Cavens
- Servant
- (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
- Chinese Servant
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis is a remake of MGM's The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) with Joan Crawford, William Powell, and Robert Montgomery. That movie is the remake of MGM's The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929) with Norma Shearer and Basil Rathbone.
- Goofs(at around 39 mins) As Nigel and Jane converse, the boom mic shadow can be seen in the mirror on the far wall moving across the door as it closes.
- Quotes
Jane Hoskins: I'm not interested in the character, Baroness. I'm thinking of becoming a lady, and for that, no character is necessary.
- ConnectionsVersion of The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
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MGM Should Not Have Remade The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
This poor knock-off, starring a past-her-prime Greer Garson looks like what it is: a conflation of all the MGM contract players squeezed into roles they weren't necessarily congruent with. Garson, unfortunately, for the time, was not well accepted in coquettish female roles because of her age. Her heyday came and went with the stirring Mrs. Miniver when she was head of a family. Now, she needed a family to mother and MGM has thrown her out to be a jewel thief.
MGM, in fact, did her much injustice during the 1950s as they miscast her over and over again in search for that second Mrs. Miniver, which was never to come.
Other actors, like Myrna Loy, got out of their contracts with the studio and negotiated independently for roles. Loy smartly chose motherly roles as she grew older and did not try to hold on to her youth: "The Best Years of Our Lives", "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House", the sixth and final "Thin Man" and "Cheaper by the Dozen" (a big box office hit in 1950 that is not owned by TCM and is subsequently never aired).
Garson remained with MGM and they kept the movies coming. Someone in management must have really liked her.
Other actors, like Myrna Loy, got out of their contracts with the studio and negotiated independently for roles. Loy smartly chose motherly roles as she grew older and did not try to hold on to her youth: "The Best Years of Our Lives", "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House", the sixth and final "Thin Man" and "Cheaper by the Dozen" (a big box office hit in 1950 that is not owned by TCM and is subsequently never aired).
Garson remained with MGM and they kept the movies coming. Someone in management must have really liked her.
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- The Law and the Lady Loverly
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- $1,193,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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