Flirtation Walk

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Movie
Original title Flirtation Walk
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1934
length 97 minutes
Rod
Director Frank Borzage
script Delmer Daves
production Frank Borzage
music Heinz Roemheld
camera George Barnes ,
Sol Polito
cut William Holmes
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Flirtation Walk is an American romance film with musical elements by Frank Borzage from 1934. The script is based on a story by Louis F. Edelman and Delmer Daves . The film premiered on November 28, 1934. In Germany the film has not yet been shown in cinemas or on television.

action

Richard Palmer Grant Dorcy is a US Army soldier . He is called "Canary" and is stationed in Hawaii . He often has disagreements with his supervisor, Sergeant Scrapper Thornhill. Richard struggles with receiving and obeying orders, but he doesn't want to pursue an officer career. When General Fitts arrives on the island, Dick is assigned to drive his daughter Kit to the reception. The two of them, stimulated by the romantic moonlight, do not drive to the reception, but visit a Lūʻau festival held by the locals. There they are caught in a deep embrace by Lieutenant Biddle, who himself is in love with Kit, who rebukes Richard for damaging Kit's reputation.

Richard decides to leave the army. The sergeant asks Kit to clear things up. In order to keep Richard from acknowledging the service, she tells him that she doesn't love him, the hug was a spontaneous impulse. Richard now feels spurred to catch up with Lieutenant Biddle and, to Thornhill's relief, enrolls at West Point Military Academy . General Fitts is the chief administrative officer for Richard's class.

The other soldiers are drawn to Kit, but Richard remains cold towards her. When he learns that Kit is attending the theater performance for an academy celebration for which he has written the script, he rewrites the story of the play. He has a female general appear to send a message to Kit. After the first rehearsal, Kit takes him for a walk on the "Flirtation Walk" and tries to tell him her true feelings. But Richard is too excited to listen to her. Back on stage, he kisses her during a love scene while she tells him that she loves him.

General Fitts announces his daughter's engagement to Lieutenant Biddle. The irritated Richard goes to Kit after the tattoo to talk her out of the wedding. He is caught and tries to protect Kit's reputation by leaving the academy. Thornhill arrives at West Point and is surprised by Richard's plan. But when Biddle informs him that his resignation has been rejected. Kit also sent him the engagement ring back. Richard is now a lucky man to graduate from academia with Kit by his side.

background

The production of "First National Pictures" was shot on location in Hawaii and West Point. The title of the film refers to a promenade in West Point that runs along the Hudson River .

For John Eldredge it was the second role in a movie. Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler stood together in front of the camera several times in film musicals. Paul Fix can be seen in a minor supporting role as a soldier . Tyrone Power appears as a cadet in his third film.

Bobby Connolly, director of the dance ensemble, turned the wedding scene on the largest ever set that from Warner Bros. was built. More than 400 professional dancers performed in this scene.

The costumes for the film come from the later three-time Oscar winner Orry-Kelly . Lew Borzage, brother of the director Frank Borzage, worked as an assistant director.

In 1950 Roy Del Ruth made a remake of the film called The West Point Story starring James Cagney , Virginia Mayo and Doris Day .

Soundtrack

The musical songs in the film were composed by Allie Wrubel , the lyrics are by Mort Dixon . The following songs are performed:

  • Flirtation Walk - sung by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler
  • Mr. and Mrs. is the Name - sung by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler
  • No House, No Wife, No Mustache - sung by Dick Powell

The pieces I See Two Lovers , When Do We Eat? and Smoking in the Dark were cut from the final version.

Reviews

The magazine Variety described the film as "glamorous and amusing entertainment" in which the pieces of music are "logically incorporated".

Awards

In 1935 , the film received two Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Sound (Nathan Levinson).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Filming locations on imdb.com
  2. ↑ Flirtation Walk (1934) - Notes. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Flirtation Walk. In: Variety . 1934, accessed May 30, 2019 .