Three girls in Madrid
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Three girls in Madrid |
| Original title | The Pleasure Seekers |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language |
English French |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jean Negulesco |
| script | Edith R. Sommer |
| production | David Weisbart |
| music |
Lionel Newman Alexander Courage |
| camera | Daniel L. Fapp |
| cut | Louis R. Loeffler |
| occupation | |
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Three Girls in Madrid is a 1964 American comedy film based on the novel Coins in the Fountain by John H. Secondan. The comedy is a loose remake of Three Coins in the Well (1954) , which was also directed by Jean Negulesco.
action
Maggie, Fran and Susie are three adventurous American women who come to Madrid. Maggie finds a job as a secretary for an American news agency. She falls in love with married office manager Paul Barton. However, Barton quickly realizes that he loves his wife more than Maggie, who then gets involved with the attractive reporter Pete McCoy.
Fran, an ambitious singer and dancer, has a brief affair with the shy doctor Andrés Briones. Initially still defensive, Briones falls in love with Fran. Susie, on the other hand, runs into the windy playboy Emilio Lacaye, who, contrary to his habits, really falls in love with her. The three couples get together again at a party that Barton gives before his return trip to the USA.
criticism
The lexicon of international films described the film as a sterile Hollywood comedy, which lags far behind Negulesco's success film "Three Coins in a Well", which is related in content.
AH Weiler of the New York Times found that while Spain had never looked lovelier, the mundane romance of this remanufactured work also made the trip rather unnecessary.
The Protestant film observer comes to the conclusion that the strip is an entertainment film with bad hits and the other sentimentalities.
Awards
In 1966 Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage were nominated for an Oscar in the category of best film music .
background
The film premiered on December 25, 1964 in New York. In Germany it was first shown in cinemas on March 26, 1965.
The 20th Century Fox production was shot in Madrid and Toledo .
The Spanish flamenco dancer Antonio Gades had a guest appearance .
Ann-Margret sang four songs composed by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen : Everything Makes Music When You're in Love , Next Time , the title track The Pleasure Seekers and Something to Think About .
Web links
- Three girls in Madrid in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Three girls in Madrid. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed February 4, 2011 .
- ↑ Review of the New York Times (English)
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 138/1965