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Cherchant à obtenir la citoyenneté américaine, un réfugié viennois arrange un mariage de convenance avec un écrivain en difficulté.Cherchant à obtenir la citoyenneté américaine, un réfugié viennois arrange un mariage de convenance avec un écrivain en difficulté.Cherchant à obtenir la citoyenneté américaine, un réfugié viennois arrange un mariage de convenance avec un écrivain en difficulté.
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- Récompenses
- 3 victoires au total
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
- Grandma
- (as Adeline de Walt Reynolds)
Horace McMahon
- Taxi Driver
- (as Horace MacMahon)
Hooper Atchley
- Hotel Desk Clerk
- (non crédité)
Gladys Blake
- Hotel Telephone Operator
- (non crédité)
Alan Curtis
- Bit Part
- (non crédité)
Tom Fadden
- Charlie Gephardt
- (non crédité)
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I was a little bored with the first half hour of this film, but a well-written turn of events sends this movie in the right direction. It mixes a few classic themes (marry vs. deportation, country comes to town, wealth vs poverty, town goes to country, etc...) that could have made this movie completely formulaic. However, formula goes out the door with Jimmy Stewart's charm and Hedy Lamarr's stunning beauty.
Once both characters spend screen time together, consistently, the energy of this slightly screwball romantic comedy picks up quickly. The grandmother is all wisdom, wit, and heart. Her common sense needlework samplers are artfully placed and still hold true today. The grandmother's calm voice, the sound of crickets chirping, and the other country nuances slow down the pace to a level that seems so foreign to an actress like Hedy Lamarr. She seems so out of place, but that is what makes her so enjoyable to watch. She melts slowly from the WWII city girl ice queen fugitive until she's relaxed and calm as if she can go home again, but this time to a slice of Americana rather than Austria and with a moral upstanding young man if that's the choice she's willing to make.
This has just been made available for purchase on DVD. It's now on my "to buy" list and certainly worth a watch on TCM if you enjoy this genre and these wonderfully magnetic actors.
Once both characters spend screen time together, consistently, the energy of this slightly screwball romantic comedy picks up quickly. The grandmother is all wisdom, wit, and heart. Her common sense needlework samplers are artfully placed and still hold true today. The grandmother's calm voice, the sound of crickets chirping, and the other country nuances slow down the pace to a level that seems so foreign to an actress like Hedy Lamarr. She seems so out of place, but that is what makes her so enjoyable to watch. She melts slowly from the WWII city girl ice queen fugitive until she's relaxed and calm as if she can go home again, but this time to a slice of Americana rather than Austria and with a moral upstanding young man if that's the choice she's willing to make.
This has just been made available for purchase on DVD. It's now on my "to buy" list and certainly worth a watch on TCM if you enjoy this genre and these wonderfully magnetic actors.
This is a wonderful Jimmy Stewart and Hedy Lamarr movie. Very romantic and sentimental. Jimmy Stewart's grandma in the movie is priceless. A must for your collection - not available to buy; however, sometimes comes on American Movie Classics. I have had a recording of it for years. It's one of my favorites.
This film started off rather poorly, as you learn that Hedy Lamarr is the mistress of Ian Hunter--a married man who has a "modern marriage". This plot element was difficult to reconcile with a romantic film--after all, what's romantic about this relationship? Plus, I found it hard to care about such selfish characters. Fortunately, I kept watching the film and it turned out to be a dandy old fashioned film.
Hedy was in the US illegally--having fled Nazi-controlled Austria. So even though she had overstayed her visa, it was really hard to blame her for wanting to stay. In an odd bit of casting, the immigration agent (Barton MacLane) liked Hedy and suggested that she could get married to an American and thereby stay in the country. But she couldn't marry Hunter, as he was already married. So, a bit later, when she meets down-and-out Jimmy Stewart, she suggests they get married in name only. Unfortunately, over time, Jimmy finds himself falling for Hedy--though they hardly know each other.
I could talk more about the plot, but don't want to ruin it. The bottom line is that the writing was excellent, the acting superb and the mood wonderful. This is exactly the sort of romance that MGM did best and it's well worth a look--just don't get turned off by Ian Hunter's character--it does get better.
Hedy was in the US illegally--having fled Nazi-controlled Austria. So even though she had overstayed her visa, it was really hard to blame her for wanting to stay. In an odd bit of casting, the immigration agent (Barton MacLane) liked Hedy and suggested that she could get married to an American and thereby stay in the country. But she couldn't marry Hunter, as he was already married. So, a bit later, when she meets down-and-out Jimmy Stewart, she suggests they get married in name only. Unfortunately, over time, Jimmy finds himself falling for Hedy--though they hardly know each other.
I could talk more about the plot, but don't want to ruin it. The bottom line is that the writing was excellent, the acting superb and the mood wonderful. This is exactly the sort of romance that MGM did best and it's well worth a look--just don't get turned off by Ian Hunter's character--it does get better.
Jimmy, Hedy, goofy Ian Hunter, and "sensible" Verree Teasedale make a wonderful primary cast for this nice film. Unusually, I keep looking for more nuances each time I view it, hoping that there is more to the characters in facial nuances and body gestures. I think 5-10 minutes of additional dialogue to flesh out the characters and their relationships with each other would have helped this movie go beyond its superficiality. This is one of those films where I wonder what was cut from the script and what ended up on the cutting room floor. Clarence Brown directed a lot of fantastic films, so I'm guessing the script/story faults are partly from Virginia Van Upp (story) and Patterson McNutt (screenplay); who knows what the role producers at MGM had in trimming the movie for release.
Hedy Lamarr is as dazzling as ever with a wardrobe to match in "Come Live with Me," a 1941 light romantic comedy directed by Clarence Brown and also starring James Stewart.
Lamarr is Johannes "Johnny" Jones, a showgirl who has immigrated from "what was Austria"; however, her visa has run out. Her boyfriend, publisher Barton Kendrick (Ian Hunter) has an open arrangement with his wife (Veree Teasdale); he also has connections, but immigration shows up too soon.
The immigration officer takes pity on Johnny and gives her one week to get married so she can stay in the country. He assumes, wrongly, that she is going to marry Kendrick.
Obviously, she can't, but then she meets a down and out writer, Bill Smith (Stewart) and talks him into marrying her. She agrees to pay him $17 a week, which equals his living expenses.
"Come Live with Me" is not a rip-roaring screwball comedy but a nice romantic one with some fine performances from Lamarr, Stewart, Hunter, Teasdale, Donald Meek, and Adeline De Walt Reymolds as Bill's grandmother.
De Walt Reynolds had only begun her acting career the year before, in 1940, at the age of 78. She lived to be 98 and worked mostly on television until she died. She's excellent here.
Stewart and Lamarr do well together. Worth seeing - no blockbuster, but it will leave you with a smile on your face.
Lamarr is Johannes "Johnny" Jones, a showgirl who has immigrated from "what was Austria"; however, her visa has run out. Her boyfriend, publisher Barton Kendrick (Ian Hunter) has an open arrangement with his wife (Veree Teasdale); he also has connections, but immigration shows up too soon.
The immigration officer takes pity on Johnny and gives her one week to get married so she can stay in the country. He assumes, wrongly, that she is going to marry Kendrick.
Obviously, she can't, but then she meets a down and out writer, Bill Smith (Stewart) and talks him into marrying her. She agrees to pay him $17 a week, which equals his living expenses.
"Come Live with Me" is not a rip-roaring screwball comedy but a nice romantic one with some fine performances from Lamarr, Stewart, Hunter, Teasdale, Donald Meek, and Adeline De Walt Reymolds as Bill's grandmother.
De Walt Reynolds had only begun her acting career the year before, in 1940, at the age of 78. She lived to be 98 and worked mostly on television until she died. She's excellent here.
Stewart and Lamarr do well together. Worth seeing - no blockbuster, but it will leave you with a smile on your face.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesFilm debut of Adeline De Walt Reynolds at the age of 78. She would continue her career in film and television for another 20 years until her death at age 98 in 1961.
- GaffesWhen Bill exits the garage with his new car, the feet of the camera crew can be seen reflected on the car.
- Citations
Grandma: After all, time does heal all wounds.
Johnny Jones: Does it?
Grandma: No arguing about it. There's no arguing with any of the old sayings because that's why they are old 'cause they tell the truth, and the truth lasts.
- ConnexionsFeatured in MGM: When the Lion Roars: The Lion Reigns Supreme (1992)
- Bandes originalesCome Live with Me
(uncredited)
Music by John Hatton
Lyrics from the poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe
[Played during the opening credits]
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- Durée1 heure 26 minutes
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