Father conducts
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Father conducts |
| Original title | Four daughters |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1938 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Curtiz |
| script |
Julius J. Epstein , Lenore J. Coffee |
| production | Hal B. Wallis |
| music | Max Steiner |
| camera | Ernest Haller |
| cut | Ralph Dawson |
| occupation | |
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Father conducts (in the original Four Daughters ) is an American comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz from 1938. The screenplay is based on the novel Sister Act by Fannie Hurst . The German premiere took place on German television ( ARD ) on June 3, 1963.
action
Adam Lemp is a music professor and has four daughters: Thea, Emma, Kay and Ann. The Lemps run a pension. Thea doesn't believe in marrying for love and plans to marry Ben Crowley for financial reasons. Emma is adored by the shy guesthouse Ernest. Kay is the only daughter with musical ambitions. The youngest, Ann, vows never to marry.
A new guest moves into the pension, the composer Felix Deitz. He is supported by the grumpy pianist Mickey Bordon. Only Ann and her aunt Etta recognize the man's vulnerability. Mickey secretly falls in love with the girl, while her sisters are interested in Felix. On a joint excursion, however, Felix Ann makes a marriage proposal, which she accepts. Mickey is shaken and Ann's sisters withdraw.
Kay plans to move to Philadelphia to begin her vocal studies . Thea informs the family that she and Ben will get married as soon as possible. Emma is upset and hides her true feelings. Ann and Mickey get into an argument, Mickey confessing his love to her and revealing that Emma is in love with Felix. At first Ann is shocked, but then she decides to leave Felix and get engaged to Mickey. But Emma and Felix are not getting married, Felix is moving to Seattle .
Ann and Mickey moved to New York City , but they don't get happy there. To cheer Mickey, they return to Pension Lemp for the Christmas party. Emma and Thea have also come while Kay appears on the radio as a singer. Felix is also there for a visit. Emma tells Ann that she is interested in Ernest, while Mickey notices that Ann and Felix are still in love. At the end of the celebration, Mickey offers to take Felix and Ben with him by car. Mickey deliberately crashes the car into a tree.
When the Lemps hear of the accident, Thea believes Ben is the one named on the radio and discovers her true feelings for him. The whole family goes to the hospital. There they learn that Mickey is dying. He says goodbye to Ann. Felix returns to the Lemps and proposes to Ann again.
background
Priscilla , Rosemary, and Lola Lane were sisters in real life too, with Priscilla being the youngest. For John Garfield it was his debut as an actor.
Film editor Ralph Dawson was a two-time Oscar winner when he joined the project; In 1939 he won another Oscar. Oscar winner Leo F. Forbstein worked as musical director .
Sequels and remakes
The film resulted in three sequels and one remake:
- 1939: Four daughters clean up (Daughters Courageous)
- 1940: Four Wives
- 1941: Four Mothers
The first sequel is, however, an independent story of another family, the later two tell the story of the Lemp family. The Lane sisters, Gale Page, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, May Robson, Frank McHugh and Dick Foran star in all four films. John Garfield is missing in the last film, curiously, he appears again as Mickey in the second sequel. Michael Curtiz directed the first two sequels and the last film was directed by William Keighley. Some members of the crew were also involved in all four films: producer Hal B. Wallis, composer Max Steiner, editor Ralph Dawson and the musical director Leo F. Forbstein.
A remake of the original film was made into a film by Gordon Douglas in 1954 under the title You shouldn't play with love (Young at Heart) . The main roles were played by Doris Day and Frank Sinatra .
synchronization
The German synchronized editing was created in 1962 on behalf of ARD .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Lemp | Priscilla Lane | Ursula Herwig |
| Adam Lemp | Claude Rains | Klaus W. Krause |
| Kay Lemp | Rosemary Lane | Heidi Treutler |
| Thea Lemp | Lola Lane | Margot Leonard |
| Emma Lemp | Gale Page | Sabine Eggerth |
| Mickey Borden | John Garfield | Gerd Vespermann |
| Felix Deitz | Jeffrey Lynn | Reinhard Glemnitz |
| Ernest Talbot | Dick Foran | Horst Niendorf |
| Ben Crowley | Frank McHugh | Wolfgang Kieling |
| Aunt Etta | May Robson | Charlotte Scheier-Herold |
criticism
"Atmospheric, sensitively photographed comedy that quickly polishes the conventional" soap opera "material with elegance and slightly ironic dialogues."
Awards
- Nomination in the Best Film category
- Nomination for Best Director for Michael Curtiz
- Nomination for Best Supporting Actor for John Garfield
- Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Julius J. Epstein and Lenore Coffee
- Nominated for Best Sound for Nathan Levinson
literature
- Frank Vreeland : Four daughters, a comedy in three acts based upon the First national motion picture of the same title released by Warner bros. pictures, inc. Adapted from the Cosmopolitan magazine story by Fannie Hurst, dramatized by Frank Vreeland. Longmans' 4-star Hollywood plays. Longmans, Green and Co., New York and Toronto 1941, 124 (IV) pp.
Web links
- Father conducted in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Critique of Variety
Individual evidence
- ↑ Father conducts (1938) in Arne Kaul's synchronous database ; Retrieved October 18, 2008
- ↑ Father conducts. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .