An enterprising woman
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | An enterprising woman |
| Original title | Roughly speaking |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1945 |
| length | 117 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Curtiz |
| script |
Louise Randall Pierson , Catherine Turney |
| production | Henry Blanke |
| music | Max Steiner |
| camera | Joseph Walker |
| cut | David Weisbart |
| occupation | |
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An Entrepreneurial Woman is a 1945 American film directed by Michael Curtiz . The film is based on autobiographical notes by Louise Randall Pierson , who also helped write the script.
action
Louise Randall, who came from a wealthy background, never wanted to be like other women. When her father loses his fortune, the young Louise takes the chance to realize herself in a profession. At first she works as a secretary in a shipyard. She marries the staid bank clerk Rodney Crane and even gives up the job for his sake. But even the birth of five children in quick succession and a busy family life don't make Louise the good housewife Rodney wants. Rodney gets divorced, whereupon Louise meets the child-minded but kind-hearted gambler Harold Pierson, who is completely different from her ex-husband.
Harold is infected by Louise's enterprising spirit. Several times the two start from the bottom up to reach for the stars as rose growers, aircraft builders or vacuum cleaner representatives. Each of their ventures fails, but two things stay with the couple in these eventful times, shaped by the global economic crisis and the looming Second World War: their love for one another and the unbroken ability to look ahead.
background
The autobiography of the writer and company wife Louise Randall Pierson (1890–1969) appeared in 1943 and developed into a sales success. Warner Brothers bought the film rights for $ 35,000 and Pierson was allowed to work on the script. Her son Frank Pierson later became a well-known screenwriter and director.
The original version of the film was around 150 minutes, but it was later reduced to 117 and in some versions even 109 minutes.
criticism
“Despite the simplified and sometimes superficial presentation of the family, individual and historical problems, an overall unsentimental and thoroughly wise conversation. Only at the end does the adaptation of the novel develop into exaggerated patriotism. "
Web links
- A woman with enterprise in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Louise Randall Pierson at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ A woman with an enterprising spirit. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 5, 2017 .