Champagne for Two

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Movie
Original title Champagne for Two
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1947
length 20 minutes
Rod
Director Mel Epstein
script Jack Roberts
Billy Rose
production Harry Gray
music Van Cleave
camera Stuart Thompson
cut Everett Douglas
occupation

Champagne for Two is a 1947 American short film directed by Mel Epstein .

action

Jerry Malone owns an exclusive nightclub where his wife Lita performs as a singer and dancer. Both have been married for a year and three months and plan to catch up on their honeymoon the next day . To do this, they want to go to Havana , where they got married. That evening old Mrs. Cowdy wants to speak to Jerry. The righteous woman who works as a cleaner tells him that she has overheard two men who want to raid the nightclub the next evening. Jerry notifies the police and with a heavy heart cancels the trip to Havana.

The next evening he invited the Cowdy couple so that they could identify the two men. The police also mingled with the guests. The Cowdys order a celebratory dinner with caviar and champagne for two, like they did at their wedding party. There are no suspicious men coming all evening and finally the cowdys leave. At the exit, Mrs. Cowdy says that Jerry can have her arrested now. She just made up the story, which her husband Ben doesn't know about either. Her goal was to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary with Ben as beautifully as it was at their wedding. Since she could not have afforded a dinner and would have been turned away at the door of Jerry's nightclub, she had to resort to this trick. Jerry declines to advertise and later dances with Lita and the Cowdy couple to the sounds of the in-house band. He has recognized how important wedding anniversaries can be and promises Lita that they will fly to their honeymoon as soon as possible and make up for their first wedding anniversary.

production

The film, shot in Technicolor , was created as the second part of the Musical Parade series . The film features numerous songs, including the Ho! Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans . Ho! Jose! Lita Baron sings. Champagne for Two was released on June 13, 1947.

Awards

Champagne for Two was nominated in 1948 for an Oscar in the category " Best Short Film (two film roles) ", but could not prevail against Climbing the Matterhorn .

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