The Smiling Lieutenant 1931 Download
Ra-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta, ta-tahhhhh! I need a cigarette. STAT!!!Well wouldn’t you if you were participating in the Sex Blogathon? Click on this banner and dive for more. This will be our secret. I won’t tell 😉( ). It was good seeing this film at TCM’s Film Festival this March.
Being a captive audience like that, and not left to my own devices ( where I might’ve missed it ) I found the film really enjoyable and the crowd was so into it. Lubitschwhat a master.
The Smiling Lieutenant 1931 Download Torrent
He takes an improbable situation and makes it worse and funny at the same time. Claudette ColbertI’m on a small journey to see what others see in her. This film goes a long way in helping me see what her charm was. Thanxx so much for reading Steve. I know you’ve got your hands full with Sex. Err.uhmmm I meanThank you for including me in your blogathon.
I appreciate the exposure. Oh Lord, let me get outta here.Liked. I didn’t get to see this at the TCM Fest in March (I was at the Dawn of Technicolor presentation instead), but got it from Netflix and watched last night. I thought it was just delightful. Not a huge Chevalier fan, but thought he was charming in this movie.
And it was a treat to see Claudette Colbert early in her career and looking soooooo young. “Jazz up your Lingerie” was a hoot, with my favorite exchange being Colbert to Hopkins: “Get hot!” and Hopkins’ reply: “I’ll try!” Lol. Enjoyed your post!Liked. Hi there Wendy!! I admit ( ugh!
) this might not have been my FIRST choice of movie to watch had it not been for being held hostage, seeing it with a bunch of folks at the TCMFF. But once I committed, I really enjoyed it. And enjoyed it so much, I THEN wound up going all the way to Asbury Park recently to see “” with two gentlemen who were also at the recent TCMFF. Like you, I too am not a big Chevalier fanbut he utterly charmed me. In fact, I’m not gaa-gaa over all three leads, but they totally won me over in this film. The whole “Pygmalion” scene at the end between Hopkins and Colbert was wonderfully provocative as only pre-code can do. Thanx for reading and commentingand remember:( “Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-taaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!” )Like.
Thank you for this great post! I love this movie. I always suck up the pre-Code films on TCM, and this was one of them. Chevalier certainly was a sexy charmer in his day.
I enjoyed your comment on Claudette Colbert’s giving up Chevalier: that broke my heart and I HATED that the film made light of her losing him. But a few years ago I read a newspaper essay that theorized about women in pre-Code movies: although those films seemed to be rather open about sex and sex roles, they did hold to certain rules, and one of those rules was that a woman must always end up either married or chastened for her “bad” behavior.
Thus, Claudette’s heartbreaking statement: “Girls who start with breakfast, don’t usually stay for supper. Take good care of our Niki.” She’s admitting that although she loves Niki, she deserves to lose him him because she allowed herself to enjoy him before it was permissible. (It really depressed me!) I’d love to know your thoughts. Thanks again for your fun post!Like. I love pre-code. And I agree with all you say in your cogent comments here. You’re so right, the rule of thumb was yes, a woman had to pay for her sexuality.
I felt for Claudette. If Chevalier weren’t so gald-durned charming I’d be upset with him for being so shallow.
His love followed sex. Colbert and Hopkins teaming up was a wonderful scene. How often could the wife and girlfriend be friends and kick the hubby/lover to the curb.You know who I thought was absolutely adorablethe King. The man who played Hopkins’ father. Absolutely adorable. Thanks so much for reading and taking the time to comment.Like.