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''Ladies Should Listen'' is a 1934 American
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comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by Frank Tuttle
Frank Wright Tuttle (August 6, 1892 – January 6, 1963) was a Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 (''The Cradle Buster'') to 1959 (''Island of Lost Women'').
Biography
Frank Tuttle was educated at Yale University ...
and starring Cary Grant
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ...
, Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton Jr. (March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970) was an American character actor. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons.
Early life
Horton was born in Kings County, ...
, Frances Drake
Frances Drake (born Frances Morgan Dean; October 22, 1912 – January 18, 2000) was an American actress best known for playing Eponine in ''Les Misérables'' (1935).
Early years
Drake was born in New York City as Frances Morgan Dean to a ...
, and Nydia Westman
Nydia Eileen Westman (February 19, 1902 – May 23, 1970) was an American actress and singer of stage, screen, and television.
Early years
Westman's parents, Theodore and Lily (Wren) Westman were active in vaudeville in her native New Yo ...
.
Plot
The switchboard operator Anna Mirelle (Frances Drake
Frances Drake (born Frances Morgan Dean; October 22, 1912 – January 18, 2000) was an American actress best known for playing Eponine in ''Les Misérables'' (1935).
Early years
Drake was born in New York City as Frances Morgan Dean to a ...
) in an apartment building falls in love with businessman Julian De Lussac (Cary Grant
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ...
), who lives in the building, whom she has gotten to know only over the phone. When she discovers that the man's current girlfriend Marguerite (Rosita Moreno
Rosita Moreno (born Gabriela Victoria Viñolas; March 18, 1907 – April 25, 1993) was a Spanish film actress who worked in cinema in Hollywood, Argentina, Mexico, and in her native Spain.
Biography
Born in Madrid, Spain, Moreno was the daugh ...
) is actually part of a scheme to swindle him out of an option of a nitrate mine concession in Chile he bought, she devises a plot to save him and expose the con artist, Marguerite's husband Ramon Cintos ( Rafael Corio).
De Lussac's friend Paul Vernet (Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton Jr. (March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970) was an American character actor. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons.
Early life
Horton was born in Kings County, ...
), who is in love with millionaire's daughter Susie Flamberg (Nydia Westman
Nydia Eileen Westman (February 19, 1902 – May 23, 1970) was an American actress and singer of stage, screen, and television.
Early years
Westman's parents, Theodore and Lily (Wren) Westman were active in vaudeville in her native New Yo ...
), has to face a great jealous rage, as Susie has fallen in love with De Lussac and has brought in her father to force him into marrying her. He will come out of it by giving Vernet a lesson on how he should act with Susie to impress her. De Lussac gets rid of Marguerite and ends up with Anna.
Cast
*Cary Grant
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ...
as Julian De Lussac
*Frances Drake
Frances Drake (born Frances Morgan Dean; October 22, 1912 – January 18, 2000) was an American actress best known for playing Eponine in ''Les Misérables'' (1935).
Early years
Drake was born in New York City as Frances Morgan Dean to a ...
as Anna Mirelle
*Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton Jr. (March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970) was an American character actor. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons.
Early life
Horton was born in Kings County, ...
as Paul Vernet
*Nydia Westman
Nydia Eileen Westman (February 19, 1902 – May 23, 1970) was an American actress and singer of stage, screen, and television.
Early years
Westman's parents, Theodore and Lily (Wren) Westman were active in vaudeville in her native New Yo ...
as Susi Flamberg
*Rosita Moreno
Rosita Moreno (born Gabriela Victoria Viñolas; March 18, 1907 – April 25, 1993) was a Spanish film actress who worked in cinema in Hollywood, Argentina, Mexico, and in her native Spain.
Biography
Born in Madrid, Spain, Moreno was the daugh ...
as Marguerite Cintos
*Joseph North as Butler (as Joe North)
* Charles Ray as Henri, the porter
*Rafael Corio as Ramon Cintos
* George Barbier as Joseph Flamberg
*Charles Arnt
Charles E. Arnt (August 20, 1906 – August 6, 1990) was an American film actor from 1933 to 1962. Arnt appeared as a character actor in more than 200 films.
Arnt was born in Michigan City, Indiana, the son of a banker. He graduated from ...
as Albert, the manservant
* Clara Lou Sheridan (Ann Sheridan
Clara Lou "Ann" Sheridan (February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967) was an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the films ''San Quentin'' (1937) with Humphrey Bogart, '' Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938) with James Cagn ...
) as Adele
*Henrietta Burnside as Operator
Reception
The film was poorly received. Wolfe Kaufman of ''Variety'' thought that Grant was "brutally miscast", though Rob Wagner of ''Script'' announced that he was "particularly pleased" with him, comparing him to Clark Gable in ''It Happened One Night
''It Happened One Night'' is a 1934 pre-Code American romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite ( Claudette Colbert) tri ...
'' that year, with his ability to "surprise everyone with his delightful flair for light comedy".
References
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* * 1934 films 1930s English-language films 1934 comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Frank Tuttle American comedy films American films based on plays Paramount Pictures films 1930s American films {{1930s-US-film-stub