Indiscreet (1931)

Regisseur:

Leo McCarey

Drehbuchautoren:

Buddy G. DeSylva (story) &
Lew Brown (story) ...

Premierendatum:

16. Mai 1931 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Musical | Romanze | Komödie

Werbezeile:

Through one indiscretion--a woman with a future became a woman with a past

Plot:

A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.

Plot Keywords:

Cad | Secret | Baseball | Engagement | Sleaze

Nutzerkommentare:

Watch with Discretion

Besetzung

Gloria Swanson	...	Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
Ben Lyon	...	Tony Blake
Monroe Owsley	...	Jim Woodward
Barbara Kent	...	Joan Trent
Arthur Lake	...	Buster Collins
Maude Eburne	...	Aunt Kate
Henry Kolker	...	Mr. Woodward
Nella Walker	...	Mrs. Woodward

Alternativ:

Careless Heart (USA) (working title)

Länge:

92 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Canada:G (Ontario)

Drehorte:

United Artists Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Joseph M. Schenck Productions

Dialogzitate:

Jim Woodward: I'm really serious. I really mean it this time, Gerry!
Geraldine Trent: Mean what?
Jim Woodward: Well, marriage...and...and...all that.
Geraldine Trent: No; I'm afraid there's be, uh, too little marriage and too much "all that."

Soundtrack:

If You Haven't Got Love

Watch with Discretion

Gloria Swanson (as Gerry Trent) breaks it off with caddish Monroe Owsley (as Jim Woodward) in order to take up with novelist Ben Lyon (as Tony Blake). Later, Ms. Swanson's younger sister Barbara Kent (as Joan Trent) arrives -- with the lover Swanson rejected! Swanson would rather little sister stick with boyish Arthur Lake (as Buster Collins); later, Mr. Lake will play Blondie's Dagwood Bumbstead. Star Swanson sings a couple of songs, and has an obligatory undressing / bathing scene.

Considering the strong personnel involved, this is a remarkably unsatisfactory film, even for an early "talkie". The "modern sophisticated comic" approach falls very flat (if that's what is intended). There is some suggestion of more "Adult" encounters than are present in the players' dialog -- for example, Swanson breaks up with boyfriend Owsley and hands him his golf clubs; so, what are is golf clubs doing at her place? And, a later rain scene suggests Swanson had bedded down with the just-proposed Lyon. Swanson's portrayal is remarkably unsteady, at times, for a very accomplished actress who had already successfully transitioned from silent to sound. The material offered in "Indiscreet" couldn't have done much to advance anyone's career; unfortunately, Swanson is particularly slighted, being the star.