Clouds are everywhere

Movie
German title	Clouds are everywhere
Original title	The moon is blue
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1953
length	99 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Otto Preminger
script	F. Hugh Herbert
production	Otto Preminger
music	Herschel Burke Gilbert
camera	Ernest Laszlo
cut	Otto Ludwig
occupation
William Holden : Donald Gresham David Niven : David Slater Maggie McNamara : Patty O'Neill Tom Tully : Michael O'Neill Dawn Addams : Cynthia Slater Gregory Ratoff : Taxi driver Fortunio Bonanova : TV announcer

Clouds Are Everywhere is an American romantic comedy film from 1953. Otto Preminger directed it , the script was based on the play of the same name by F. Hugh Herbert , who prepared his work for the filming himself. The main roles are cast with William Holden , David Niven and Maggie McNamara .

The film was nominated in three categories at the Academy Awards in 1954 , but could not win any award. David Niven was awarded the Golden Globe for his performance .

action

Patty meets the architect Donald Gresham on the roof of the Empire State Building . She lets him invite her to his house for a few drinks and a meal. There she meets Donald's neighbors. Cynthia, his ex-fiancée and her father David, a bon vivant, live on the floor above Donald. Both men immediately take a liking to the young Patty, but she is not particularly interested in the advances of both men. She engages the men in a conversation about morality and sexuality.

The next morning Patty leaves the apartment and goes back to the roof of the Empire State Building. There you make Donald a marriage proposal.

background

Johannes Heesters , Hardy Krüger and Johanna Matz have guest appearances as tourists. Preminger filmed the material again for the German audience in the same year. The maiden on the roof was cast with Krüger and Matz in the leading roles, the guest appearances as tourists were made by McNamara and Holden. Tom Tully, Dawn Addams, Fortunio Bonanova and Gregory Ratoff play their roles in both versions of the film.

Clouds are everywhere was not shown in Germany until 1960, since the German version of the film was shown first.

In the US states of Maryland , Kansas and Ohio , the film was initially not allowed to be shown because of the very open discussions about sexuality at the time. The film production company United Artists took legal action against these performance bans. The lawsuit against the state of Kansas went to the United States Supreme Court in 1954 . United Artists won all lawsuits and clouds are everywhere , thus allowed to be performed in all states of the USA.

Reviews

The Time magazine wrote in July 1953 The Moon Is Blue is "appealing and fun ... a nice little movie." The lexicon of international film judges that the film appears “decidedly more relaxed and comedic than German film”.

Nominations and Awards

• Academy Awards 1954
  • Nomination for Maggie McNamara as "Best Actress"
  • Nomination for Otto Ludwig for the "Best Pattern"
  • Nomination for Herschel Burke Gilbert and Sylvia Fine for “Best Song” The Moon Is Blue
• British Academy Film Award 1954
  • Nomination for Maggie McNamara as "Best Young Actress"
• Golden Globe Awards 1954
  • Award for David Niven as "Best Actor - Musical or Comedy"

Web links

• The Moon Is Blue in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Clouds are everywhere in the lexicon of international film
• Clouds are everywhere on cinema.de
• Article about the shooting of Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach and The Moon Is Blue (from March 11, 1953) on spiegel.de
• Review in the New York Times

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tino Balio: United Artists. The Company That Changed the Film Industry , University of Wisconsin Press, 1987; P. 70. ISBN 0-299-11440-6 ; here online at books.google, accessed on January 17, 2012.
2. ^ Review in Time Magazine , July 6, 1953, accessed January 17, 2012.
3. ↑ Clouds are everywhere in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on January 17, 2012.