Love without thread and thread

Movie
German title	Love without thread and thread
Original title	Fashions of 1934
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1934
length	78 minutes
Rod
Director	William Dieterle
script	F. Hugh Herbert , ; Carl Erickson
production	Henry Blanke for ; Warner Brothers
music	Sammy Fain (songs), ; Heinz Roemheld (film music)
camera	William Rees
cut	Jack Killifer
occupation
	William Powell : Sherwood Nash; Bette Davis : Lynn Mason; Frank McHugh : Snap; Hugh Herbert : Joe Ward; Verree Teasdale : the Duchess (Mabel); Reginald Owen : Oscar Baroque; Henry O'Neill : Mr. Duryea; Phillip Reed : Jimmy Blake; Gordon Westcott : Harry Brent; Dorothy Burgess : Secretary Glenda; Etienne Girardot : Mr. Glass; William Burress : Mr. Feldman; Nella Walker : Mrs. Van Tyle; Spencer Charters : Phone Remover; George Humbert : Mr. Caponelli; Frank Darien : Mr. Jules; Harry Beresford : Parisian bookseller;

Love without thread and thread is an American musical comedy from 1934 directed by William Dieterle and with music numbers by Busby Berkeley . The film is based on the short story The Fashion Plate by Harry Collins and Warren Duff.

action

New Yorker Sherwood Nash's real estate business goes bankrupt in the Great Depression . A little later he met the unsuccessful dress designer Lynn Mason, whose designs gave him an idea: Together with Lynn and his business partner Snap, he was now selling cheap copies of expensive Parisian designer clothes. The problem-free success is not long-lasting, however, as the owners of the more luxurious clothing stores in New York are behind Sherwood's seedy stores. Sherwood then offers the shop owners to travel to Paris and make copies of the exclusive dresses for them. Each of the business owners secretly agrees with him. Once in Paris, however, the clothes are so well protected that Sherwood and Lynn cannot get to them.

Lynn learns that Oscar Baroque - one of the most famous fashion designers - always gets his ideas from old costume books. Lynn imitates this way of working and Sherwood signs each design with the name of a famous fashion designer, then they sell the designs to the New York business owners. Meanwhile, Sherwood is forging further plans, because he recognizes in the so-called "Duchess" - the companion of Oscar Baroque - his old childhood friend Mabel from Hoboken . Sherwood now has the fake duchess so in hand that she convinces Oscar on his orders to design the costumes for a music revue with her in the lead role. Sherwood then wants to copy them. In addition, he opens the large fashion house Maison Elegance , which is to compete with Baroque's business.

Lynn is disgusted with Sherwood's constant scams even though she actually loves him. She considers leaving him for the piano player Jimmy, who is in love with her. Lynn believes it is only a matter of time before the police arrest Sherwood. And indeed, Baroque discovers the copied designs from his collection, which Sherwood sells in New York. He is arrested while Lynn is leaving for Jimmy. Sherwood asks for an afternoon at liberty to put everything back in order. He attends the wedding between Baroque and the "Duchess". Sherwood reveals the true identity of his newly married duchess to Baroque, whereupon he drops charges against him in order to avoid a scandal over the false duchess. Sherwood then sells its Maison Elegance store to Baroque. He can also convince Lynn at the last moment to return to America as a couple with him - he has to promise her, however, to stop the scams in the future.

background

The film was shot from November 15, 1933 in the Warner Bros. Studios Burbank. It premiered on January 18, 1934 at the Hollywood Theater, New York. General theatrical release was on February 7, 1934.

The costumes that are particularly important for the film were designed by Orry-Kelly ; the music for the film was recorded by the Warner Brothers Orchestra under the direction of Leo F. Forbstein ; Jack Okey and Willy Pogany were responsible for the production design. The songs were written by Sammy Fein , while Irving Kahal was responsible for the lyrics. Hobart Cavanaugh (inventor on ship), Jane Darwell (shop customer), Martin Kosleck (dance director) and Arthur Treacher (butler of the Duchess) appear in small supporting roles not mentioned in the credits .

Love without thread celebrated its premiere on German television on December 24, 1997. A German-language dubbed version was created for this, in which Helmut Gauß William Powell lends his voice.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote: “Star-studded, sweeping musical comedy with great choreography by Busby Berkeley.” Prisma was also positive: “Based on a story directed by Harry Collins and Warren Duff, this lively comedy Bette Davis is the first and only Time at the side of William Powell, who skilfully play the trickery couple. ” Cinema drew the conclusion:“ Amusing, with great Busby Berkeley choreographies. ” Leonard Maltin saw the film as“ trivial, but enjoyable ”, the cast was“ fine ”and the Busby Berkeley number Spin a Little Web of Dreams was“ great fun ”(rating: three out of four stars).