La source aux loufoques (1939)
A la suite d'une inversion dans les résultats d'examens médicaux, le multi-millionnaire John Kidley, hypocondriaque, apprend qu'il ne lui reste plus qu'un mois à vivre. Il quitte sa fiancée, Juno Marko, et s'exile dans la station thermale de Bad Gaswasser, en Suisse. Là, il rencontre une jeune héritière du Texas, Mickey Hawkins. Mickey a été fiancée au riche prince Smirnow, un chasseur passionné, mais elle est en relation amoureuse avec Henry Munch, un chauffeur de bus, hélas pauvre. Se sachant mourant, et désireux de l'aider, John suggère à Mickey de l'épouser afion qu'elle hérite de sa fortune à sa mort. Pendant leur lune de miel, avec Henry comme chaperon, le couple tombe vraiment amoureux, même s'il ne le réalisent pas tout de suite. Finalement, John affronte le prince dans un duel, Henry et Juno se fiancent, tandis que John et Mickey décident de rester ensemble.
Directeur:
Elliott Nugent
écrivains:
Don Hartman, Frank Butler, Preston Sturges.
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Martha Raye as Mickey Hawkins |
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Bob Hope as John Kidley |
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Andy Devine as Henry Munch |
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Alan Mowbray as le Prince Smirnov |
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Gale Sondergaard as Juno Marko |
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Sig Ruman as Poppa Ingleborg |
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Ernest Cossart as Jeepers |
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Paul Harvey as Jasper Hawkins |
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Frances Arms as Momma Ingleborg |
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Ivan F. Simpson as Kretsky |
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Monty Woolley as Dr. Schmidt |
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Foy Van Dolsen as Kretsky's Bodyguard |
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Christian Rub as The Mayor |
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Max Barwyn as Fourth Officer |
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Charles Brokaw as 2nd Second at Duel |
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William Burress as Man with Dog |
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James B. Carson as Hotel Proprietor |
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Hobart Cavanaugh as Druggist |
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Janet Elsie Clark as Hannah |
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Hans Conried as Bit Part |
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Gino Corrado as Waiter |
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Albert Dekker as Kidley's Second |
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Claire Du Brey as Hotel Guest |
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Harold Entwistle as Dyspeptic |
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Walter Fenner as Doctor |
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Arno Frey as Assistant Chemist |
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Donald Gallaher as Manager |
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Harriette Haddon as Telephone Operator |
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Donald Haines as Julius - Bellhop |
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Clarence Harvey as Dyspeptic |
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Victor Kilian as Man Who Loads Pistols |
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Jack Knoche as First Officer |
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Nick Moro as Accordian Player |
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Frank Reicher as Man in Charge of Duel |
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Oscar Rudolph as Ambulance Attendant |
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Ferdinand Schumann-Heink as Associate Doctor |
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Richard Van Opel as Chauffeur |
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Hans von Morhart as Second Officer |
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Gustav von Seyffertitz as Chemist |
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Paul Weigel as Concierge |
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Kenneth Wilson as Little Bellhop |
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Marjorie Wood as Hotel Guest |
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Henry Zynda as Third Officer |
| Directing | Elliott Nugent | Director |
| Production | Paul Jones | Producer |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Writing | Don Hartman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Frank Butler | Screenplay |
| Art | Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Writing | Preston Sturges | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | James Smith | Editor |
| Writing | William H. Post | Theatre Play |
| Art | A. E. Freudeman | Interior Designer |
| Sound | Philip Wisdom | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Walter Oberst | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Boris Morros | Music Director |
| Camera | Leo Tover | Director of Photography |