Adam's Rib (1949)

Regisseur:

George Cukor

Drehbuchautoren:

Ruth Gordon (screenplay) and
Garson Kanin (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

18. November 1949 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Romanze

Werbezeile:

It Will Tickle Your Funny Bone !

Plot:

When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately...

Plot Keywords:

Elevator | Insurance Agent | Hospital | Crying | Judge

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

"I Love Licorice"

Besetzung

Spencer Tracy	...	Adam Bonner
Katharine Hepburn	...	Amanda Bonner
Judy Holliday	...	Doris Attinger
Tom Ewell	...	Warren Attinger
David Wayne	...	Kip Lurie
Jean Hagen	...	Beryl Caighn
Hope Emerson	...	Olympia La Pere
Eve March	...	Grace - Amanda's Secretary
Clarence Kolb	...	Judge Reiser
Emerson Treacy	...	Jules Frikke - Accountant
Polly Moran	...	Mrs. McGrath
Will Wright	...	Judge Marcasson
Elizabeth Flournoy	...	Dr. Margaret Brodeigh
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Charles Bastin	...	Young District Attorney (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard	...	Mr. Bonner, Adam's Father (uncredited)
Madge Blake	...	Mrs. Bonner, Adam's Mother (uncredited)
Harris Brown	...	Court Attendant (uncredited)
David Clarke	...	Roy (uncredited)
Harry Cody	...	Criminal Attorney (uncredited)
Dick Cogan	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Cramer	...	Stenographer (uncredited)
Bert Davidson	...	Subway guard (uncredited)
Roger Davis	...	Paul Hurlock (uncredited)
Janna DeLoos	...	Mary, Maid (uncredited)
Sidney Dubin	...	Bobby, Amanda's Assistant (uncredited)
Rex Evans	...	Fat Man in Elevator (uncredited)
John Fell	...	Adam's Assistant (uncredited)
Norman Field	...	Courtroom Bailiff (uncredited)
Glen Gallagher	...	Criminal Attorney (uncredited)
Danny Harvey	...	Office Boy (uncredited)
Marvin Kaplan	...	Court Stenographer (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp	...	Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Michael Kostrick	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Nancy Laurents	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Gracille LaVinder	...	Police Matron (uncredited)
DeForrest Lawrence	...	Adam's Assistant (uncredited)
Lester Luther	...	Judge Poynter (uncredited)
George Magrill	...	Subway Conductor (uncredited)
Dwight Martin	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Louis Mason	...	Lloyd, Elevator Operator (uncredited)
John Maxwell	...	Court Clerk (uncredited)
David McMahon	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Walter Merrill	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Frank Mills	...	Juror (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Anna Q. Nilsson	...	Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
James Nolan	...	Dave (uncredited)
Tommy Noonan	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Gil Patric	...	Criminal Attorney (uncredited)
'Snub' Pollard	...	Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Dan Quigg	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Quinn	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Paula Raymond	...	Emerald, Kip's Girlfriend (uncredited)
William Self	...	Benjamin Klausner, Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Will Stanton	...	Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Bert Stevens	...	Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan	...	Court Clerk (uncredited)
Ray Walker	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Marjorie Wood	...	Mrs. Marcasson (uncredited)
Wilson Wood	...	Reporter (uncredited)

Regie
George Cukor

Buch
Ruth Gordon		(screenplay) and
Garson Kanin		(screenplay)

Produktion
Lawrence Weingarten	....	producer

Originalmusik
Miklós Rózsa		(as Miklos Rozsa)

Kamera
George J. Folsey		(director of photography)

Schnitt
George Boemler

Bauten/Dekorationsbau (art directors)
William Ferrari
Cedric Gibbons

Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter (set decorators)
Edwin B. Willis

Maske/Frisuren
Jack Dawn	....	makeup creator
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair styles designer

Regieassistenten
Joel Freeman	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Jack Greenwood	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Ausstattung (Stab)
Henry Grace	....	associate set decorator (as Henry W. Grace)

Ton Stab
Douglas Shearer	....	recording supervisor
Douglas Shearer	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Spezialeffekte
A. Arnold Gillespie	....	special effects

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
Walter Plunkett	....	costume designer: Ms. Hepburn

Musik (Stab)
Eugene Zador	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Produktionsfirmen

• Loew's (produced by)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Verleihfirmen

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1949) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (France) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (France) (theatrical) (16 mm)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1964) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vidéo (2003) (France) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Living Colour Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Moskwood Media (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)

Alternativ:

Man and Wife (USA) (working title)
Ehekrieg (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

101 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Altersfreigabe:

Sweden:15 | Portugal:M/12 | USA:Passed | UK:U | USA:Approved (certificate #14229) | New Zealand:PG | Australia:G (alternate rating) | Australia:PG

Drehorte:

Bayard Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Firma:

Loew's

Dies und das:

Katharine Hepburn reportedly urged director George Cukor to focus the camera on Judy Holliday during a number of their shared scenes, not only because she was a fan of the new-to-movies Judy Holliday but because it was hoped the studios would see how terrific Judy Holliday was and cast her as the lead in Born Yesterday (1950), the role she'd created on Broadway. (It worked.)

Pannen:

Audio-Visuelle Asynchronität: When Kip is playing his song for Amanda in the Bonner's apartment, his foot is on a foot pedal that raises the dampers, but the sound we hear is quite different.

Dialogzitate:

Amanda Bonner: No part of marriage is the exclusive province of any one sex.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "EastEnders: (2004-09-27)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Farewell, Amanda

"I Love Licorice"

Feminist attorney Katharine Hepburn has a new cause. She freely admits to doing a bit of ambulance chasing to get the case of Judy Holliday who shot her husband Tom Ewell after catching him in a love nest with floozy Jean Hagen.

Problem is that of all the cases that he could have been assigned, Spencer Tracy, Hepburn's husband and assistant District Attorney, he got assigned to prosecute Holiday. I guess Spence felt a little of what Bogey felt when Ingrid Bergman came back into his life in Casablanca.

Men down through the ages have certainly had the right to shoot the lovers of their wives when caught, why not women argues Hepburn. The case gets quite a bit of notoriety and of course it puts a strain on the marriage.

But the plot is sure the right vehicle for a lot of great lines and situations. This is Spence and Kate at their very best. Of the comedies they did, this is my favorite, just like State of the Union is my favorite among the more serious films.

Probably Adam's Rib's best known scene is when defense witness Hope Emerson picks up Spencer Tracy in a visual attempt to show feminine prowess and power. Even after seeing it several times you still will laugh yourself silly.

For Adam's Rib, George Cukor denuded Broadway of stars to play in support of Tracy and Hepburn. Making film debuts were David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Judy Holliday, and Jean Hagen.

Wayne is particularly funny and if Adam's Rib was made today, he'd certainly be more explicitly gay. He's the next door neighbor of Spence and Kate and some of the cracks Tracy aims in his direction would be considered downright homophobic. But let's face it, Wayne is an obnoxious scamp and that bit of vengeance that Tracy wreaks upon him and Hepburn in the climax involving licorice is a great cinematic moment.

Adam's Rib is Tracy and Hepburn at the very top of their game and I think folks who are not necessarily fans of their's would be amused.