Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Réalisateur:

Preston Sturges

Scénariste:

Preston Sturges (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 décembre 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie

Accroche:

Will somebody "get her" tonite?

Plot:

Sir Alfred De Carter suspects his wife of infidelity. While conducting a symphony orchestra, he imagines...

Plot Keywords:

Writer Director | Unfaithful Wife | Violinist | Betrayal | Extramarital Affair

Avis des utilisateurs:

Very black but hysterical

Ensemble

Rex Harrison	...	Sir Alfred De Carter
Linda Darnell	...	Daphne De Carter
Rudy Vallee	...	August Henshler
Barbara Lawrence	...	Barbara Henshler
Kurt Kreuger	...	Anthony Windborn
Lionel Stander	...	Hugo Standoff
Edgar Kennedy	...	Detective Sweeney
Al Bridge	...	House Detective (as Alan Bridge)
Julius Tannen	...	O'Brien
Torben Meyer	...	Dr. Schultz
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Pati Behrs	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
George Beranger	...	Maitre D' (uncredited)
Evelyn Beresford	...	Madame Pompadour (uncredited)
Georgia Caine	...	Dowager (uncredited)
Harry Carter	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge	...	Page Boy (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford	...	Saleslady (uncredited)
Douglas Gerrard	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Robert Greig	...	Jules, the Valet (uncredited)
Sam Harris	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Isabel Jewell	...	First Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Laurette Luez	...	Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
J. Farrell MacDonald	...	Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Marion Marshall	...	Maisie, Second Telephone Operator (uncredited)
George Matthews	...	Musician (uncredited)
George Melford	...	Man in Audience (uncredited)
Frank Mills	...	Stage Hand (uncredited)
Frank Moran	...	Fire Chief (uncredited)
Dave Morris	...	Musician (uncredited)
Franz Roehn	...	Musician (uncredited)
Tamara Schee	...	Madame La Lotte (uncredited)
Charles Tannen	...	Airport Information Man (uncredited)
Max Wagner	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Preston Sturges

Scénaristes
Preston Sturges		(screenplay)

Produit par
Preston Sturges	....	producer

Image
Victor Milner		(director of photography)

Montage
Robert Fritch

Direction artistique
Lyle R. Wheeler		(as Lyle Wheeler)
Joseph C. Wright

Décorateur de plateau
Paul S. Fox
Thomas Little

Création des costumes
Bonnie Cashin

Maquillage
Ben Nye	....	makeup artist
Franz Prehoda	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Henry Vilardo	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Marie Walter	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Gladys Witten	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Directeur de production
Charles Hall	....	production manager (uncredited)

Assistant réalisateur
Gaston Glass	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Roger Heman Sr.	....	sound (as Roger Heman)
Arthur von Kirbach	....	sound (as Arthur L. Kirbach)

Effets spéciaux
Fred Sersen	....	special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Eddie Ledgerwood	....	grip (uncredited)
F. Bud Mautino	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Ray Nolan	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Le Maire	....	wardrobe director (as Charles LeMaire)
Sam Benson	....	wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)

Music Department
Alfred Newman	....	musical director
Gioacchino Rossini	....	composer: additional music
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	....	composer: additional music (as Peter Ilyitch Tchaikowsky)
Richard Wagner	....	composer: additional music
Cyril J. Mockridge	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell	....	orchestrator: Cyril J. Mockridge (uncredited)

Divers
Stephen Brooks	....	production assistant
Robin Sanders Clark	....	conducting instructor: Rex Harrison
Stanley Scheuer	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1948) (USA) (theatrical)
• Criterion Collection, The (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Symphony Story (USA) (working title)
Unfinished Symphony (USA) (working title)
Infidèlement vôtre (France) [fr]

Durée:

105 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Classification:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (certificate #12960)

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Anecdotes:

The orchestral conductor Sir Alfred de Carter, is based loosely on the real life British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. Beecham was the son of pharmacist Sir Joseph Beecham, the inventor of the laxative Beecham's Pills. Accordingly Harrison's character, Sir Alfred de Carter, is said to be named after Carter's Little Liver Pills, the American equivalent.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): "Antigonish", a town in Nova Scotia, is mispronounced by an airline official at the beginning of the film.

Guillemet:

Detective Sweeney: You handle Handel like nobody handles Handel. And your Delius - delirious!

Connexions De Film:

Referenced in The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000) (TV)

Very black but hysterical

World famous conductor Sir Alfred De Carter (Rex Harrison) is in love with his young beautiful wife Daphne (Linda Darnell). He suspects her of cheating on him and, while conducting three separate pieces at a performance, figures out three different ways of punishing her--including murder. When he tries to carry them out everything goes wrong.

This movie is, at times, very black. It starts out pretty funny with Harrison spitting out his lines rapidly and his sense of comic timing was just perfect. When he has the fantasies though it turns dark and is pretty gruesome--especially for 1948. However, when he tries to carry them out and things go wrong, the film is uproarious. I've seen this film three times and I STILL laugh out loud at the last section. I saw it at a revival theatre two times and people were literally bent over in their seats helpless with laughter! This isn't for everybody--it was a critical and commercial bomb in 1948 and a lot of people still find it too sick to be funny. I can see their point--there's nothing funny about a man trying to kill his wife, but this is a MOVIE--not real life. It all ends happily also.

My only problem, and this is minor, was Darnell. She seems miscast here. But the script is quick and witty, the cast is great and they all go full throttle and the use of music is superb. Basically one of the funniest black comedies ever made. A must see! This gets a 10 all the way.

"Purple with plumes on the hips"