A great feeling
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A great feeling |
| Original title | It's a great feeling |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Butler |
| script |
Jack Rose Melville Shavelson |
| production | Alex Gottlieb |
| music | Ray Heindorf |
| camera | Wilfred M. Cline |
| cut | Irene Morra |
| occupation | |
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A great feeling (OT: It's a Great Feeling ) is an American comedy film from 1949 by David Butler with Doris Day in the lead role and numerous stars with guest appearances. The script of the film is based on a story by I.A.L. Diamond .
action
Film producer Arthur Trent asks directors Raoul Walsh , King Vidor , Michael Curtiz and David Butler if they would direct the film "Mademoiselle Fifi". Everyone refuses because none of the directors wants to work with the egocentric Jack Carson . In desperation, Trent Carson hands over the reins of the film. Dennis Morgan , who was scheduled for the film, is offered a role on a Broadway play. Despite Carson's best efforts to convince Morgan, the latter accepts the offer.
The domestic workers don't like Carson either. The waiters refuse to bring the food to his bungalow. Ambitious young actress Judy Adams makes a delivery schedule to be able to meet with Carson. Judy is from a small town in Wisconsin . She finds out that Carson is from the same town. Carson wants to test Judy's talent. She is supposed to play his secret wife, who is pregnant and lives in abject poverty. Should she get Morgan to sign the film contract, she'll get a role in the film. In fact, through her heartbreaking portrayal, Judy Morgan can get involved in the film. But Carson doesn't keep his word.
When no actress wanted to work with Carson as a director, Morgan made him the suggestion to hire a stranger as a star, namely Judy. Both can intercept Judy at the train station, who wants to travel back to Wisconsin to get married there. Carson and Morgan know that Trent likes to discover talent himself, and keep Judy appearing around him in different guises. Trent begins to doubt himself because all women look the same to him. Carson is taking Judy for entrance exams. But Carson's inexperience creates chaos in which Carson's voice can be heard when Judy is in the picture. Carson and Morgan decide to pass Judy off as a French star, Yvette Lamour. The ruse, however, is revealed when Judy stumbles during her performance and loses her wig.
Judy's older neighbor, Grace, believes that Judy should go home and marry her fiancé. Judy overhears Morgan and Carson make an offer to another actress. Furious, she takes the next train home. Trent, who has had a nervous breakdown, is on the same train. At night he hears Judy's singing from the dining car. He offers her a role in his next film, but Judy, who is fed up with promises, slaps him on the face. Carson and Morgan learn of the incident. They rush to Wisconsin to stop the proposed wedding. But they are too late. Judy married a man who looks very much like Errol Flynn .
Awards
The title song It's a Great Feeling by Jule Styne (melody) and Sammy Cahn (text), sung by Doris Day, was nominated for the Oscar / Best Song at the 1950 Academy Awards.
background
The film premiered in the United States on August 1, 1949. In Germany it first appeared on November 27, 1971 as part of a TV premiere in the third program of the NDR . The original version was broadcast with German subtitles. In later reruns, the film also appeared under the titles Simply Wonderful and Judy Conquers Hollywood . Warner Bros. had a musical satire staged that satirized not only the film business, but also the studio itself. The story of the film shows parallels to Doris Day, who can be seen here in her third film. Doris Day was also disillusioned with Hollywood and wanted to travel back to Cincinnati. But in contrast to the film character Judy, she was later able to gain a foothold in the film business and became a star.
Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan were close friends and made 15 films together. Carson was in front of the camera three times with Doris Day. The following stars had cameo appearances: Mel Blanc (voice actor for Bugs Bunny ), director David Butler, Gary Cooper , Joan Crawford , director Michael Curtiz , Franklyn Farnum , Errol Flynn (as Judy's fiancé), Sydney Greenstreet , composer Ray Heindorf , Danny Kaye , Patricia Neal , Eleanor Parker , Ronald Reagan and his daughter Maureen, Edward G. Robinson , director King Vidor , director Raoul Walsh and Jane Wyman . In addition, Nita Talbot came in her screen debut.
Theatrical release
The cost of production was $ 1,452,000. The film was popular at the box office, grossing $ 2,059,000 in the US, with an additional $ 645,000 coming from overseas markets. In the end, the revenues totaled $ 2,713,000.
Soundtrack
In addition to the Oscar-nominated title song, Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn composed the following songs: Give Me a Song with a Beautiful Melody (sung by Dennis Morgan), Fiddle Dee Dee (sung by a quartet), At the Cafe Rendezvous (sung by Doris Day ), That Was a Big Fat Lie (sung by Doris Day and Jack Carson), There's Nothing Rougher than Love (sung by Doris Day, Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson) and Blame My Absent-Minded Heart (sung by Doris Day and Dennis Morgan ).
Reviews
Variety particularly praised the appearance of Joan Crawford, who skilfully parodies her previous film appearances as an energetic woman in the fight against oppression by a male society and thus provokes some of the loudest laughs ("does a pip of a bit [...] rating plenty of howls ").
Tom Santopietro even said in his Doris Day biography that Crawford's self-parody was the funniest moment in the whole film.
The lexicon of international films describes the film as “a modest and amusing comedy that glosses over the Hollywood business in a good-natured and ironic way. Her 'film-in-film' story enables short appearances by many attractive Warner stars. "
Web links
- A great feeling in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A great feeling at Turner Classic Movies (English)
- ↑ Santopietro, Tom, 2007, Considering Doris Day, New York: Thomas Dunne Books, ISBN 978-0-312-38214-8 , p. 37.
- ↑ A great feeling. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .