Whirlwind from Paris

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Movie
German title Whirlwind from Paris / The brisk Parisian woman
Original title The Rage of Paris
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1938
length 78 minutes
Rod
Director Henry Koster
script Bruce Manning ,
Felix Jackson
production Buddy DeSylva for Universal Pictures
music Frank Skinner ,
Charles Previn ,
Charles E. Henderson
camera Joseph A. Valentine
cut Bernard W. Burton
occupation
synchronization

Whirlwind from Paris (also known as Die brotte Pariserin ; Original title: The Rage of Paris ) is a 1938 American screwball comedy directed by Henry Koster .

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The young, pretty French girl Nicole is looking for happiness in New York City , but has been looking for work in vain for months. One day she sneaks into a modeling agency, where she steals the address of client Jim Trevor . However, she mixed up two different assignments and Jim Trevor is visibly perplexed when Nicole undresses in his office, mistaking him for a photographer. When she finally notices the mix-up, she storms out of Jim's office, angry and ashamed.

Since Nicole is behind schedule with her rent, her landlady locks her out of her room. She receives help from her life-wise friend Gloria, who pays the rent due for her. Gloria used to be a showgirl sought after by millionaires, but out of love she eventually married a poor man who later ended up in prison. To save Nicole from the same nuisance, Gloria wants to help her find a rich husband. Gloria asks her friend Mike, the head waiter at the luxury hotel Savoy Grand , for help. Unfortunately, he cannot offer Nicole a vacancy at the hotel. Mike notices that he has already saved himself $ 3,000 to finally be able to open his own restaurant, but he still needs more money. Gloria is able to convince Mike to give her the $ 3,000 so that she can rent a hotel with Nicole: once Nicole has found a rich husband with her beauty, opening Mike's restaurant will no longer be a problem.

Her victim is the millionaire heir Bill Duncan, whose family belongs to "half of Canada" according to Mike. Nicole and her alleged "aunt" Gloria rent a room across from Duncan and pretend that she comes from a respected French family. Bill quickly falls in love with the young woman, but his friend is Jim Trevor of all people, who knows Nicole very well from her embarrassing model story. Jim tries to convince Duncan that Nicole is a fraud. However, in the past, the friends have stolen from each other with a few tricks, which is why Bill does not believe him. Jim blackmails Nicole to have dinner with him, at which she confesses her plan in front of Jim's butler Rigley. Jim rushes off to convince Duncan with this information and instructs Rigley to guard Nicole. However, she can outsmart Rigley with her charm and reach the still unsuspecting Bill before Jim.

Bill Duncan is considering getting engaged and introduces Nicole to his family at a party. Jim and his butler Rigley also appear as a surprise to uncover Nicole's fraud. Bill is still not convinced and knocks his friend down. Nicole is dismayed by this escalation and offers Jim to confess everything to Bill. But Jim thinks it's just another trick. Nicole follows him into his car, whereupon he kidnaps her and takes her to his remote country house outside of New York. The caretaker there, Pops, thinks Nicole is Jim's new wife. Despite or because of their quarrels, the two are slowly getting closer. Nicole confesses to Jim that she fell in love with him, but he just asks when she found out he had more money than Bill. The disappointed Nicole sneaks away and hitchhikes back to New York.

Meanwhile, Bill has found out that Nicole was cheating on her origins and worries that she might get him into trouble. Mike promises Bill that he can bring Nicole back to France quickly and without scandal if he gets $ 5,000 for his service. With this money Mike can finally open his restaurant, of course with the support of Gloria. Nicole, on the other hand, takes a ship to France, where she wants to continue looking for a rich husband. But she doesn't know that he's already on the ship: Jim has finally recognized his love for Nicole and wraps her in his arms, while Rigley hurries to find the captain so that they can get married.

background

Danielle Darrieux was already a film star in France at the time of shooting and had also aroused Hollywood interest through her leading role in Anatole Litvak's costume film Mayerling (1936). The Rage of Paris formed the American film debut of Danielle Darrieux, with which she should also be made a star in Hollywood. Despite further offers, she returned to France after filming was over, where she successfully continued her film career. Her next Hollywood role wasn't until 1951 in Rich, Young and Pretty as the mother of Jane Powell .

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The German dubbed version for Wirbelwind aus Paris was created in 1981 on behalf of ARD in Studio Hamburg .

role actor German Dubbing voice
Nicole Danielle Darrieux Rebecca Völz
Jim Trevor Douglas Fairbanks Junior Volker Brandt
Mike, head waiter Mischa Auer Eberhard Storeck
Bill Duncan Louis Hayward Lutz Mackensy
Gloria Helen Broderick Karin Lieneweg
Rigley, Jim's butler Charles Coleman Helmut Ahner

Awards

At the Venice International Film Festival in 1938, Whirlwind of Love was nominated for Best Foreign Film . While he was in this category empty-handed, but was a "special recommendation" ( special recommendation excellent).

Reviews

Variety wrote in 1938 that Whirlwind from Paris was a successful attempt to advance the career of Dannielle Darrieux - who was "a young French star of unusual beauty and charm". The film offers some excellent sequences, for example the opening scene in which Darrieux considers her film partner Fairbanks to be a photographer. A few decades later , the All Movie Guide gave the film four out of five stars: despite minor weaknesses, it was a beautiful and charming comedy that deserved greater notoriety. In addition to Darrieux and Fairbanks, the supporting actors Hayward, Auer and Broderick would also be able to convince. The All Movie Guide also highlighted the beautiful costumes and the “well-made” directorial work.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Rage of Paris (1938) - Henry Koster | Review | AllMovie. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
  2. ↑ The Rage of Paris (1938) - Notes - TCM.com. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Variety Staff: The Rage of Paris . In: Variety . January 1, 1938 ( variety.com [accessed October 20, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Anita Gates: Danielle Darrieux, French Film Star Over 8 Decades, Is Dead at 100 . In: The New York Times . October 19, 2017, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed October 20, 2017]).
  5. ↑ Gereon Stein: The brisk Parisian woman - synchrondatenbank.de. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
  6. ^ The Rage of Paris (IMDb Awards). Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Variety Staff: The Rage of Paris . In: Variety . January 1, 1938 ( variety.com [accessed October 20, 2017]).
  8. ^ The Rage of Paris (1938) - Henry Koster | Review | AllMovie. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .