I Milioni della manicure (1935)
Settimo film muto di C.T. Dreyer, tratto da Tyrannens Fäld (La caduta del tiranno, 1919), commedia di Svend Rindom che il regista purifica e sfronda secondo i principi del suo stile: concentrazione e rarefazione. Diviso in 3 parti, girato quasi per intero in due stanze più cucina con rigorosa semplicità, rispecchia fedelmente la poetica dreyerana: l'elogio dell'amore coniugale; il tema della resistenza passiva; un trio di personaggi principali; la plastica descrizione della banalità quotidiana, l'ammirevole controllo degli attori. E un umorismo di sottigliezza elegante. Unico film di Dreyer che fu rifatto: Tyrannens Fäld (1942) con K. Nellemose (la figlia) nella parte della madre e ancora M. Nielsen come nutrice.
Direttore:
Mitchell Leisen
Scrittori:
Norman Krasna, Vincent Lawrence, Herbert Fields.
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Carole Lombard as Regi Allen |
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Fred MacMurray as Theodore Drew III |
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Ralph Bellamy as Allen Macklyn |
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Astrid Allwyn as Vivian Snowden |
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Ruth Donnelly as Laura |
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Marie Prevost as Nona |
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Murray Alper as Cabbie (uncredited) |
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Herman Bing as Barber (uncredited) |
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Marcelle Corday as Celeste (uncredited) |
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William Demarest as Regi's Date Natty (uncredited) |
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Edward Gargan as Pinky Kelly (uncredited) |
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Ferdinand Munier as Miles (uncredited) |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Snowflake (uncredited) |
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Joseph R. Tozer as Peter (uncredited) |
| Directing | Mitchell Leisen | Director |
| Writing | Norman Krasna | Screenplay |
| Writing | Viña Delmar | Story |
| Writing | Vincent Lawrence | Screenplay |
| Writing | Herbert Fields | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dorothy Parker | Writer |
| Production | E. Lloyd Sheldon | Producer |
| Production | Henry Herzbrun | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | John Leipold | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Heinz Roemheld | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ted Tetzlaff | Director of Photography |
| Editing | William Shea | Editor |
| Art | Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costume Design |
