Suzy
Drama
Theatrical Release (US)
~ THE TOAST OF GAY PAREE! ~
Overview:
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
Director:
George Fitzmaurice
Status:
Released
Language:
English
Buget:
$0.00
Revenue:
Key words:
Cast
Jean Harlow
~ as ~
Franchot Tone
Terry
Cary Grant
Andre
Lewis Stone
Baron
Benita Hume
Madame Eyrelle
Reginald Mason
Captain Barsanges
Inez Courtney
Maisie
Greta Meyer
Mrs. Schmidt
Theodore von Eltz
Revue Producer
George Davis
French Barman (uncredited)
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Written 8 year(s) ago
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I greatly enjoyed this--the second of seven films from my 'Jean Harlow: The 100th Anniversary Collection' put out by Warner Archives, unfortunately not with anything in the way of DVD extras (except for a cool, unadvertised set of postcards), and only three of the films were remastered. So it was as if they were perhaps celebrating her, say, 99th birthday and not going all-out like they could and should have, since she DID single-handedly save the studio from bankruptcy three years prior.
I like the way filmmakers back then didn't care if a French actor was playing an Irish inventor and an English actor was portraying a French pilot. THESE days, there'd be sheer, unadulterated hell to pay.
It was a really strange mix of genres, to get absolutely everybody into the seats. I could just see the pitch at the board meeting now: '1914 period piece romantic-comedy mixed with wartime spy thriller and musical'. But Harlow knocked it out of the ballpark, just like she always did. Supertrooper right to the very end.