Saturday Night Cinema: The Lady in Question

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Tonight's Saturday Night Cinema is a delightful rarity, The Lady in Question, starring the supremely divine Rita Hayworth and the hunky, swaggering Glenn Ford. This marks the first pairing of Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford, which is what makes the film worthwhile. The chemistry is obvious. It would be six years before these two blow up the screen in Gilda. Charles Vidor directed this film as well as Gilda.

The film is a showcase for the spectacular Rita. Enjoy.

NY TImes 1940 review:

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Without any preliminary fanfare Columbia yesterday presented the
Bryant Theatre with one of the season's most delightful entertainments.
Once you overcome the manifold implications of a title like "The Lady in
Question," you will be rewarded with an hour and twenty minutes of
delectable domestic fare that is by turn droll, down-right funny and
slightly dramatic, but always irresistibly humorous. Charles Vidor, the
director, has managed to keep his characters in situations that are
plausible and has imparted to the whole the infectious atmosphere of
home and hearth. The screen play by Lewis Meltzer represents an adroit
adaptation of the French film by Marcel Achard, which was shown here
last year as "Heart of Paris."

Not the least of the film's virtues are its players. Brian Aherne
contributes one of his finest characterizations as the blustering,
good-natured owner of a Parisian bicycle shop who, upon being called as a
juror, is so touched by the pathetic girl accused of murdering her
lover that he holds out for her acquittal, then takes her into his
family on the pretext that she is the daughter of an old classmate. His
efforts to hide the girl's true identity from his wife, to thwart the
romance which develops between her and his son, lead to many amusing and
touching domestic complications. To attempt to give further details of
the plot would be to do the film an injustice, for it springs to life
out of situations of a sort which invariably seem frightfully dull in
print.

As the lady in question Rita Hayworth reveals a winsome personality
and a talent which should soon bring her recognition as one of
Hollywood's more capable younger players. Evelyn Keyes gives a spirited
performance as an adolescent smitten by Cupid, and Irene Rich draws a
sympathetic and understanding portrait as the mother of the Morestan
family over which Mr. Aherne presides so humanly. All in all, "The Lady
in Question" is an uncommonly good, if not a great, photoplay; a
distinct treat for jaded cinematic appetites.


THE LADY IN QUESTION; screen play by Lewis Meltzer;
based on a story by Marcel Achard; directed by Charles Vidor; produced
by B. B. Kahane for Columbia Pictures.

Andre Morestan . . . . . Brian Aherne

Natalie Roguin . . . . . Rita Hayworth

Pierre Morestan . . . . . Glenn Ford

Michele Morestan . . . . . Irene Rich

Defense Attorney . . . . . George Coulouris

Prosecuting Attorney . . . . . Lloyd Corrigan

Francois Morestan . . . . . Evelyn Keyes

Robert LaCoste . . . . . Edward Norris

Henri Lurette . . . . . Curt Bois

President . . . . . Frank Reicher

Fat Boy . . . . . Sumner Getchell

Nicholas Farkas . . . . . Nicholas Bella

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MA02169
11 years ago

‘Gun Control Laws Have Racist Origin’
Fri, February 22, 2013
CSPAN
Dateline:02/22/2012
A number of African-American activists are spoke out against gun control laws currently being proposed. They explain the direct correlation betweeen “gun control and black people control.”
http://townhall.com/video/gun-control-laws-have-racist-origin

SNC
SNC
11 years ago

I love your Saturday Night Cinemas Pamela. You have impeccable taste in film.

MA02169
MA02169
11 years ago

Dear Miss Geller;
Thank you for letting me post these articles which are obviously unrelated to the main topic. In other words; the movie.
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From Townhall;
Feb 23, 2013
20 Of The Most Embarrassing Moments In The History Of The Democrat Party
John Hawkins
John Hawkins is a professional blogger who runs Right Wing News
For example, one will virtually never hear that the Palmer Raids, Prohibition, or American eugenics were thoroughly progressive phenomena. These are sins America itself must atone for.
Meanwhile, real or alleged “conservative” misdeeds — say McCarthyism — are always the exclusive fault of conservatives and a sign of the policies they would repeat if given power. The only culpable mistake that liberals make is failing to fight “hard enough” for their principles.
Liberals are never responsible for historic misdeeds because they feel no compulsion to defend the inherent goodness of America.
Conservatives, meanwhile, not only take the blame for events not of their own making that they often worked the most assiduously against, but find themselves defending liberal misdeeds in order to defend America herself. — Jonah Goldberg
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1) The Trail of Tears (1838): The first Democrat President, Andrew Jackson and his successor Martin Van Buren, herded Indians into camps, tormented them, burned and pillaged their homes and forced them to relocate with minimal supplies. Thousands died along the way.
2) Democrats Cause The Civil War (1860): The pro-slavery faction of the Democrat Party responded to Abraham Lincoln’s election by seceding, which led to the Civil War.
3) Formation of the KKK (1865): Along with 5 other Confederate veterans, Democrat Nathan Bedford Forrest created the KKK.
4) 300 Black Americans Murdered (1868): “Democrats in Opelousas, Louisiana killed nearly 300 blacks who tried to foil an assault on a Republican newspaper editor.”
This is a bit long. But if y’all are interested go here: http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2013/02/23/20-of-the-most-embarrassing-moments-in-the-history-of-the-democrat-party-n1518613
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SNC
11 years ago

So much for the light mood MA0…

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