Louisiana Purchase (film)

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Movie
Original title Louisiana Purchase
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1941
length 98 minutes
Rod
Director Irving Cummings
script Buddy G. DeSylva
production Buddy G. DeSylva
Harold Wilson
music Robert Emmett Dolan
camera Harry Hallenberger
Ray Rennahan
cut LeRoy Stone
occupation

Louisiana Purchase is a 1941 American fiction film. It was produced by Buddy G. DeSylva for Paramount Pictures , directed by Irving Cummings , and shot in Technicolor . Buddy DeSylva also wrote the script. The premiere took place in the USA on December 25, 1941.

action

Rep. Jim Taylor and his business associates face an official investigation by Senator Oliver Loganberry over crooked deals. Jim is president of the company, is for his partners, who are the actual masterminds of the crooked business, but only a straw man and should now try to dissuade the senator from his investigation. When he doesn't succeed, he gets help from Yvonne Bordelaise, whom Marina von Minden arranges for him. Marina is an Austrian immigrant who wants to raise enough money to allow her mother to enter the USA. In return for payment, she first agrees to outsmart Loganberry and, after he is drunk, lets herself be photographed with him in a compromising way. When Loganberry is confronted with the photos, however, Marina gets scruples and takes him under protection. Meanwhile, Jim has fallen in love with Marina and feels betrayed by her. He is now trying to get Yvonne to help him. However, she marries the Senator, and Jim is now on his own, as his business partners blame him for their machinations. When questioning the House of Representatives, Jim wastes time with a filibuster by reading endless stories. However, the moment he can't anymore and collapses, Loganberry receives a telegram in which he learns that Jim is innocent and that his business partners are solely to blame for the machinations. Jim confesses his love to Marina and the two kiss.

background

The Broadway piece of the same name , the music of which was written by Irving Berlin , was performed a total of 444 times from May 1940 to August 1941. Numerous actors from the play also appeared in the feature film, especially the main cast. Only the role of Jim Taylor, which was still played by William Gaxton in the original , was taken over by Bob Hope in the film. Only three of the pieces of music from the Broadway musical were taken over into the film.

reception

The Bosley Crowther described the film in the New York Times as "one of the best comedies of the past year" and, in addition to the acting performance of the leading actors, praised the implementation of the Broadway material as a film that "surprisingly - but thankfully - [...] not with songs and dance routines became overcrowded ”.

Awards

At the Academy Awards in 1942 , Harry Hallenberger and Ray Rennahan were nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Cinematography (color film) and Raoul Pene Du Bois and Stephen Seymour in the category Best Production Design (color film) .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Louisiana Purchase (1941) - Screenplay Info. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved May 30, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Louisiana Purchase in the Internet Broadway Database , accessed May 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Louisiana Purchase (1941) - Notes. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved May 30, 2020 (English).
  4. ^ Louisiana Purchase - Opening Night Cast. In: Internet Broadway Database . Retrieved May 30, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ a b Bosley Crowther : 'Louisiana Purchase' Seen at Paramount - Garbo in 'Two-Faced Woman,' Mickey In 'Babes on Broadway' . In: The New York Times . January 1, 1942 ( online on the New York Times pages [accessed May 30, 2020]).