The Lady Says No (1952)

Regisseur:

Frank Ross

Drehbuchautor:

Robert Russell (writer)

Premierendatum:

6. Januar 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Plot:

A woman writes a best-selling book for women warning them about the "dangers" of men. A handsome photographer for a national magazine arrives in her town to do a feature story on her. Complications ensue. |

Plot Keywords:

Trailer | Photographer | Life Magazine | Jazz Band | Dream Sequence

Nutzerkommentare:

Feminist Author Learns Some New Tricks.

Besetzung

Joan Caulfield	...	Dorinda Hatch
David Niven	...	Bill Shelby
James Robertson Justice	...	Matthew Hatch
Lenore Lonergan	...	Goldie
Frances Bavier	...	Aunt Alice
Peggy Maley	...	Midge
Henry Jones	...	Potsy
Jeff York	...	Goose
George Davis	...	Bartender
Robert Williams	...	General
Mary Lawrence	...	Mary

Länge:

80 Min | Canada:82 Min (Ontario)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Sweden:Btl

Firma:

Ross-Stillman Productions Inc.

Feminist Author Learns Some New Tricks.

Producer Frank Ross makes his only effort at directing with this feathery comedy, a vanity piece for his wife Joan Caulfield, wherein the lovely and customarily demure actress displays a widened working range disparate from her normal personae, playing here as Dorinda Hatch, feminist author of an anti-male best-seller who becomes unsettled when a rakish photographer for Life Magazine, Bill Shelby (David Niven), attempts to woo her through a sly method of blackmail. During a picture taking session for the periodical Dorinda does some mugging designed to put the impudent Shelby in his place, but the latter turns the tables on her by using a daft face made by the writer as the proof for an upcoming Life cover, refusing to give the negative to her unless she allows him to kiss her, an act leading to romantic complications that raise doubts as to the sincerity of Dorinda's feminist beliefs. The work has a simple storyline, with some fatuous scenes of slapstick, but roles are well-performed by all members of the cast, despite a great deal of predictability in the dialogue, Caulfield earning the acting laurels as she and Niven luff toward each other in romantic folly, and there are skillful turns from Henry Jones and Lenore Lonergan as a comedic pair still in love, although not without conflict. The action moves briskly with nary a break and producer/director Ross has assembled top-tier technicians to showcase Caulfield, among them James Wong Howe, cinematographer, and Orry-Kelly, costumer, in addition to production designer Perry Ferguson, and a terrific score is contributed by Arthur Lange to cap off this pleasant and humorous soufflé.