Eve Eve
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Eve Eve |
| Original title | It started with Eve |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1941 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Henry Koster |
| script |
Norman Krasna Leo Townsend |
| production | Joe Pasternak |
| music | Hans J. Salter |
| camera | Rudolph Maté |
| cut | Bernard W. Burton |
| occupation | |
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Eve Eternal is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Henry Koster .
action
The film is set in New York . Millionaire Jonathan Reynolds is dying. His son Johnny returns from Mexico City to his father's deathbed. From Dr. Harvey learns that his father has not long to live and that it is his last wish to get to know Johnny's future wife. Johnny drives quickly to his hotel to pick up his fiancée Gloria Pennington. But there he learns that Gloria has gone out with her mother for the evening. In desperation, he asks young Anne Terry if she could play Gloria for an evening. She agrees and old Jonathan likes his future daughter-in-law from the first moment.
Contrary to expectations, old Jonathan feels better than expected the next morning. He asks if he can see his daughter-in-law again. Dr. Concerned for the health of his patient, Harvey asks Johnny to keep playing the game with the wrong Gloria. However, Anne Terry wants to leave for her hometown in Ohio. Johnny catches her at the train station at the last second. When he comes home with Anne, Gloria suddenly appears there with her mother. Johnny tries to explain the situation. The budding opera singer Anne learns that old Jonathan has good contacts with the New York opera world and would now like to take this opportunity. She suggests giving old Jonathan a party where she can test her singing skills. Johnny agrees, but wants to introduce the real Gloria to his father. He wants to tell the father that he and Gloria (Anne) have split up and that his new girlfriend is the right Gloria. Anne asks him to wait until after the party. Johnny refuses, however. He couldn't make all of New York believe that she was his fiancée.
The next evening, Johnny informs his father about the breakup. At that moment Anne rushes in and asks Johnny for forgiveness. Johnny is almost forced to forgive her by his father. When Jonathan leaves the room, he learns the true story from the loud argument between Anne and Johnny. To make matters worse, Gloria and her mother arrive. Again they see Johnny with Anne and Johnny's mouth shows unmistakable traces of lipstick. Now it's enough for mother and daughter. Annoyed, they leave again.
Finally the evening of the party comes. Jonathan is in good health again and Johnny comes to the party with Gloria and her mother. He explains to his father that Anne has a headache and cannot come. Jonathan then makes his way to Anne. He explains to her that he knows the real story, but wants to date her one more time. They go to a night club where they drink and dance together. When Johnny and Dr. Harvey come to the nightclub, she pours her drink on Johnny's face and leaves the place.
The next day, Johnny caught Anne again at the last minute at the train station to tell her that his father had had another heart attack and that Jonathan wanted to see her. When they get to Jonathan they find that the heart attack was just fake. He just wanted to bring Johnny and Anne back together. The two realize their true feelings for each other, which Jonathan receives with joy. He withdraws with pleasure and smokes a forbidden cigar.
background
The film was based on a story by Hanns Kräly . This story was later filmed twice. 1964 under the title How to tame Eva von Jack Smight with Sandra Dee and Maurice Chevalier . In 1973 a German version was created with the title Oh Jonathan - oh Jonathan! by Franz Peter Wirth with Heinz Rühmann .
Reviews
"Funny romantic comedy with a brilliant performance by Charles Laughton."
"A film with no deeper meaning, but which is still enjoyable to watch because of Charles Laughton's character role."
Awards
The score for the film was nominated for an Oscar in 1943.
Web links
- It Started with Eve in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Eternal Eve. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Critique No. 174/1955