The bottom ten thousand
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The bottom ten thousand |
| Original title | Pocketful of Miracles |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 131 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frank Capra |
| script |
Hal Kanter Harry Virtue Jimmy Cannon |
| production | Frank Capra / United Artists |
| music | Walter Scharf |
| camera | Robert J. Bronner |
| cut | Frank P. Keller |
| occupation | |
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The Lower Ten Thousand is a 1961 American film starring Bette Davis , Glenn Ford , Hope Lange and Peter Falk . The film by Frank Capra is a remake of Lady for a Day ( Lady for a day , 1933), which also comes from Frank Capra. It was his last feature film. In 1989 Jackie Chan shot another version with Miracles . The films are based on a story by Damon Runyon . Ann-Margret made her film debut here.
action
New York , towards the end of Prohibition : Apple Annie is an old beggar who sells apples on Broadway . One of her most important customers is David the Lord , an underworld boss of the good sort, who firmly believes that Apple-Annie's apples bring him luck, which is why he always gets a fresh one for important decisions and meetings and gives her accordingly good tips. Annie also collects a portion of her income from the other beggars on Broadway as a fee . They like to let that happen to them because they know that Annie has a young daughter, Louise, to whom she sends the money. Louise has lived in Europe for a long time and only knows her mother through correspondence. Annie made this contact through the plush and expensive Marbery Hotel in New York. Because Annie has always withheld her daughter's real life circumstances and pretended to be a distinguished lady who always lives in Marbery . Annie exchanges letters through a friend among the hotel staff and also receives the stationery with the hotel imprint from him.
But then one day Annie gets into a mess when Louise writes that she will be arriving by ship in the next few days to visit her, accompanied by her fiancé and future father-in-law, people from high circles. Annie's beggar friends have pity on the desperate woman and ask David the Lord to accommodate Annie through his relationships in the Marbery so that she can continue to play the beautiful world for her daughter. This is very inconvenient for the lord at the moment, because he is about to enter into a partnership with the evil gangster syndicate boss Darcey , who is illegally and undetected in New York because of David's arrangement, as the end of prohibition will make the situation for them Underworld has deteriorated. But since he needs Annie's lucky apples, he finally agrees, albeit reluctantly.
With the help of his girlfriend Queenie , David manages to get Annie into an elegant suite in the Marbery , has the old, run-down woman transformed into an elegant lady with the help of Queenie's hairdressers and beauticians, and turns a worn-out billiards player who is well versed in elegant etiquette into a suitable husband for her.
In this way they succeed in deceiving the overjoyed Louise and her followers who arrive. But then there will be a reception in the suite in the evening with people from high society in New York. David finds himself under pressure again, drummed up all subordinates from the New York demi and underworld, equips them with tuxedos and clothes and tries together with Queenie to instruct them in elegant behavior in order to continue the theater play accordingly.
But before the colorful troop can go to the hotel to party, the police, who have recently been watching David more closely and suspect something crooked, shut down and arrest them. Desperate but ultimately successful, David tries to clarify the truth to the police chief. He notifies the other, this time true dignitaries of the city, and so Annie, who is waiting to tell her daughter the truth because the guests are absent for so long, is surprised by the fact that the real police chief, the real mayor and many others are high Personalities for whom this is a lot of fun, who cross the threshold and pretend to be Annie's good friends.
Finally, Louise and her future family can be escorted back to the jetty for departure. To the delight of Queenie, David the Lord renounces his partnership with Darcey and promises her a civil and honest future. Annie returns to her old life on Broadway.
Reviews
“An amusing comedy in the Hollywood fairytale style, staged with turbulence, mood and vigor, which combines humor, charm and sentimentality in an attractive way. Terrific: two solo attempts by Bette Davis. "
Awards
The film received three Academy Award nominations : Best Supporting Actor (Peter Falk), Best Colored Costumes ( Edith Head and Walter Plunkett ), Best Song ( Pocketful of Miracles ). Glenn Ford received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) , Ann-Margret the award for Best Young Actress .
literature
- Damon Runyon : Madame Hinkebein (OT: Madame La Gimp ) in: Damon Runyon: The Bloodhounds of Broadway and Other Stories (OT: The Bloodhounds of Broadway and Other Stories ). Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1990, ISBN 3-404-28186-1
- Victor Scherle and William Turner Levy: The Complete Films of Frank Capra . Citadel Press, New York and Secaucus 1992, ISBN 0-8065-1296-2
Web links
- Pocketful of Miracles in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The lower ten thousand. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 28, 2016 .