''Interval'' is a 1973
romantic drama film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...
starring
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress. She began her acting career in British cinema in the early 1930s, with a breakout role in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933). She ...
in her final performance.
Oberon also produced the movie, and fell in love with her co-star in it,
Robert Wolders, divorcing her husband to marry Wolders in 1975.
This film was widely criticized for its outdated approach to romance.
Plot
Serena Moore has been everywhere and is trying to put her past behind her. She finds refuge in Mexico where, without intending to, falls in love with a much younger painter Chris.
Cast
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Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress. She began her acting career in British cinema in the early 1930s, with a breakout role in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933). She ...
... Serena Moore
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Robert Wolders ... Chris
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Claudio Brook
Claude Sydney Brook Marnat (28 August 1927 – 18 October 1995), known as Claudio Brook, was a Mexican actor. Active in film, stage, and television over a career spanning nearly 40-years, he was one of the stars of the Golden Age of Mexican Cin ...
... Armando Vertiz
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Russ Conway
Russ Conway, DSM (born Trevor Herbert Stanford; 2 September 1925 – 16 November 2000) was an English popular music pianist and composer. Conway had 20 piano instrumentals in the UK Singles Chart between 1957 and 1963, including two number ...
... Fraser
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Britt Leach
Britt Leach (born July 18, 1938, in Gadsden, Alabama) is an American character actor.
Biography and acting career
Leach was born on July 18, 1938, in Gadsden, Alabama. He graduated from McCallie School, a boy's college-preparatory school in Cha ...
... Leonard
*Peter von Zerneck ... Broch
*Anel ... Jackie
Reception
In ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
'',
Roger Greenspun
Roger Greenspun (December 16, 1929 – June 18, 2017) was an American journalist and film critic, best known for his work with ''The New York Times'' in which he reviewed near 400 films, particularly in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and for '' ...
wrote:
It is one of those ecstatic affairs, full of wonder and discovery, and yet it doesn't work. Perhaps Serena is just too fine, too sensitive. Perhaps it is something else. There is a problem, a silent traveler with Serena on her journeys, which I wouldn't bring up if the movie didn't keep bringing it up—in whispers: "The age thing." Though it is the last thought on his mind, and though you could never tell from looking at her, at some point Chris has to admit that Serena is—well—"over 40."But truth to tell, Merle Oberon is well over 60, and from time to time it shows.
See also
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List of American films of 1973
This is a list of American films released in 1973 in film, 1973.
Box office
The highest-grossing American films released in 1973, by domestic box office gross revenue as estimated by ''The Numbers (website), The Numbers'', are as follows:
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References
External links
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1973 films
Films directed by Daniel Mann
1973 romantic drama films
American romantic drama films
Embassy Pictures films
1970s English-language films
1970s American films
English-language romantic drama films
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