A night with Susanne

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Movie
German title A night with Susanne
Original title Susan Slept Here
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1954
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Frank Tashlin
script Alex Gottlieb
production Harriet Parsons
music Leigh Harline
camera Nicholas Musuraca
cut Harry Marker
occupation

One Night with Susanne is an American romantic comedy directed by Frank Tashlin from 1954.

action

At the first Academy Awards , Mark Christopher won the Best Screenplay Award. A few years have passed since then and the pressure from Hollywood to write similar cheerful stories will one day be too much for him. Because he wants to write a serious script, he throws everything down and retreats into his apartment, where secretary Maude can only sigh while copying the miserable drafts of the script. On the day before Christmas, Sergeant Monty Maizel and Sergeant Sam Halon suddenly appear at Mark's door. Both of them brought him a "present": 17-year-old Susan Landis faces jail time for improperly handling a beer bottle. Since Mark needs a study object for his serious script, Susan is allowed to spend the two Christmas days with him. Mark is not enthusiastic at first, especially since his secretary and his right-hand man Virgil, who he once met in the United States Navy, will also be away. He actually has to spend the day before Christmas at a party with his fiancée Isabella. However, when she calls and has Susan on the line, she cancels the meeting. Susan and Mark finally spend the evening playing cards.

The next morning, Susan makes breakfast and chokes Isabella's call by saying that she stayed at Mark's house all night. Virgil also learns that Susan has been with him all night and, alarmed, drives to him with Mark's attorney Butterworth. On a whim, Mark gives Susan a mink stole that was originally intended for Isabella. Under the mistletoe , she makes him kiss her: his kiss on the forehead becomes her kiss on the mouth. Virgil and Butterworth both find this way and the police arrive shortly afterwards. You have to take Susan back with you the same day on the instructions of your superiors. Mark sends her to Maud to buy some time. He realizes that the only way to save Susan from prison is to marry him. Susan, in turn, makes it clear to him that she rejects a marriage of convenience. She is only interested in marriage for love. Mark is able to convince her that he loves her and they both get married shortly afterwards in Las Vegas . They dance the night away and get a taxi back to Los Angeles the next day . Here Mark immediately leaves for the mountains to rewrite his script.

Isabella finds out about Mark's wedding from the newspaper and angrily goes to Susan. She soon had enough of the whole situation, especially since she only feels like a trophy for Mark. She wants to go, but Maud can change her mind. Susan is supposed to fight for her marriage. In her dream, Susan sees herself in a bird cage that Mark is carrying. Isabella appears as a spider who captures Mark and to which Susan eventually loses her husband. Susan wakes up unhappy. Shortly thereafter, Virgil and Butterworth try to get her to sign cancellation papers that already have Mark's signature. Susan refuses. Shortly afterwards, Butterworth catches her eating pickled cucumbers and strawberries with pleasure. He shares his discovery with Mark, who now believes that Susan is pregnant by Virgil, who should take care of her in his absence. When he returns home, he treats Susan, who went out of her way to be a good housewife, doubly bad. It was only when she announced that she had liked to eat pickles and strawberries since she was a child that made him rethink. Virgil acts as a mediator between the two parties. Mark eventually confesses to Susan that he really loves her. However, while he laments that he is far too old for her and that the two of them do not really match due to the age difference, she directs him purposefully into the bedroom. Mark and Susan will live alone in the future: Maud returns to her homeland, where she wants to get to know her old love Oswald again, while Virgil goes back to the Navy.

production

A Night with Susanne is based on the play Susan Slept Here by Steve Fisher and Alex Gottlieb, which was published in 1956 and first performed in 1961. Alex Gottlieb also wrote the script for the film. The shooting took place from December 1953 to January 1954. The clothes created Michael Woulfe , the Filmbauten come from Carroll Clark and Albert S. D'Agostino . The songs Susan Slept Here and Hold My Hand can be heard in the film. The film had its premiere on July 14, 1954 in Los Angeles and was also shown in German cinemas on April 22, 1955.

criticism

For the film service , One Night with Susanne was an "undemanding, cheerful Hollywood comedy, lively staged and performed."

Awards

At the Oscar ceremony in 1955 , the film for two awards, was nominated: For Hold My Hand received Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers , a nomination for Best Song , while John Aalberg in the category Best Sound was nominated. Also in 1955, the Writers Guild of America nominated Alex Gottlieb for a WGA Award in the Best Written American Comedy category.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Susan Slept Here (1954) - Notes. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved June 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ A night with Susanne. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 6, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used