It's only available in America

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Movie
German title It's only available in America
Original title A private's affair
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1959
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Raoul Walsh
script Winston Miller
production David Weisbart
music Cyril J. Mockridge
camera Charles G. Clarke
cut Dorothy Spencer
occupation

It's only available in America (Original title: A Private's Affair ) is an American comedy directed by Raoul Walsh . In Germany he is also known under the name "Der Liebeswahnsinnige".

production

The film was announced in October 1956 under the name "The Love Maniac" but was renamed in 1959.

Actually, the role "Katie Mulligan" was to be cast with Sheree North , but she became pregnant and was replaced by the presenter Barbara Eden . Filming of the film began on April 1, 1959. It was part of a series of films produced by the 20th Century Fox publishing company for the youth market through contract talents. Other films in this series are "Holiday for Lovers" and "Blue Denim".

action

The two friends Luigi Maresi and Jerry Morgan from New York are undergoing basic training in the American military in New Jersey . They quickly make friends with Oregon rancher Mike Conroy , who is assigned to the same accommodation. Luigi Maresi is a keen percussionist, but has no opportunity to showcase his skills in the army.

A short time later, the well-known presenter Jim Gordon comes to the camp to find possible participants for an all-army talent show. By chance he overhears the three friends who are now given the chance to take part in the show. The three are sent to New York for a week to rehearse for their performance.

Shortly before leaving, Jerry falls ill with a laryngitis and is admitted to the hospital. On the same day, the Deputy Secretary of the Army, Elizabeth Chapman, tries to obtain custody of six-year-old Magdalena, who lost her mother in a car accident and whose father is dying in the same hospital at the same time. Her only relatives live in the Netherlands , but Magdalena does not want to leave America or her friends. For this reason, Elizabeth spontaneously marries Magdalena's father. Shortly before the ceremony, however, there is a misunderstanding and Elizabeth marries Jerry instead.

Jerry insists on getting married the next day, but nobody believes him. He is then taken to see the Army psychiatrist Hanley. Jerry is told that he only dreamed of the wedding, and he then flies to New York to rehearse. In the studio he learns that the wedding took place after all. He tries to intercept Elizabeth at the airport to clear up the situation. However, if you do not get to her, you are sent back to Hanley, who lets him go again immediately.

The next day, General Charles E. Hargraves learns that the wedding had actually taken place and immediately tries to contact Elizabeth. She checks the certificate, confirms the misunderstanding and orders Jerry to her office. Elizabeth's attorney announced shortly thereafter that the wedding could not be recognized because Jerry was not fully conscious.

Jerry is finally able to return to the camp, but due to another misunderstanding, he is brought back to Washington. Elizabeth clears up the incident and makes sure that Jerry arrives just in time for his performance.

criticism

The lexicon of international film assesses the "military gulk [who] is partly conceived as a musical grotesque" as "not particularly amusing and certainly not to everyone's taste."

literature

Norbert Grob: [Article] Raoul Walsh In: Thomas Koebner (Hrsg.): Film directors. Biographies, descriptions of works, filmographies. 3rd, updated and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2008 [1. Edition 1999], ISBN 978-3-15-010662-4 , pp. 800-803.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b It's only available in America. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 8, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used