A Vienna based acting couple make magic when they perform together on stage. Unknown to the theater going public and despite being married for only six months, that magic seems no longer to translate to their personal life, where they are constantly arguing, even under their breaths during on-stage curtain calls. These arguments stem from the actress' moody behavior, which the actor believes means that she no longer loves him and that she is looking for another man to replace... (Full plot summary below)
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A Vienna based acting couple make magic when they perform together on stage. Unknown to the theater going public and despite being married for only six months, that magic seems no longer to translate to their personal life, where they are constantly arguing, even under their breaths during on-stage curtain calls. These arguments stem from the actress' moody behavior, which the actor believes means that she no longer loves him and that she is looking for another man to replace him in her personal life. He believes she even scans the audience for potential suitors, probably being most attracted to the soldier type. Their feuding is at a point where they take pot shots at each other about everything in their lives, even the quality of the other's acting. The actor may have a valid point as the actress has been receiving bouquets of roses of late and a Russian guardsman has been seen hanging around outside their home. The actor knows these things as he is that Russian guardsman (who is also a Russian prince) in disguise, he who is also sending the flowers as the guardsman. He wants to see if this guardsman can indeed woo his wife away from him, and thus show her for who she really is. He concocts a further scheme to pretend to be out of town for a 24 hour period on another acting engagement, during which time he will try and seduce her as the guardsman. But the actress may throw some wrenches into his plan.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThe famous stage actors, husband and wife Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, were Oscar nominated for playing husband and wife in this early talky, essentially a photographed play, based on Ferenc Molnar's popular satire. |
| User ReviewJeff BHilarious movie starring husband and wife actors Alfrend Lunt and Lynn Fontanne as bickering husband and wife theatre actors. Lunt thinks his wife doesn't love him anymore and will leave him soon, so he disguises himself as a Russian Prince to make her fall in love with him. Lunt and Fontanne are wonderful together, I particularly loved the final scene. Even though this was one of their first talking films, they still managed to fit in their great facial expressions. Roland Young is also a ton of fun as their critic friend. I wanted to see this for a while because Lunt was the loser of the Best Actor Oscar when Wallace Beer and Fredric March tied for the win. A real treat from beginning to end. |
| User ReviewGreg Wgood pre-code early talkie about a show within a show one of shakespeare's favorite story devices |
