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| In Paris, Madeleine de Beaupre (]) ] jeweler Aristide Duvalle (]) and psychiatrist Maurice Pauquet (]) by telling each man that she is married to the other. Duval delivers a string of pearls worth millions of francs to Pauquet's office, expecting to be paid, but Pauquet thinks he is a new patient who has delusions of needing to collect debts. Madeleine is there to introduce them to each other, and departs with the pearls before they figure out what she has done. | |||
| The film tells of Madeleine de Beaupre (]), a devious jewel thief. After stealing a string of pearls from jeweler Aristide Duval (]), de Beaupre flees Paris. She leaves a trail that implicates psychiatrist Dr. Pauquet (]). As she heads for the Spanish border, she nearly runs into Tom Bradley (]), an American auto mechanic vacationing in Europe. De Beaupre spots Bradley again at the Spanish customs. She's worried that the pearls will be found in her handbag, so she slips them into Bradley's pocket. After they make their way through inspection, de Beaupre flirts with Bradley in an attempt to get the pearls back. Bradley is too shy to respond so she gets his attention by trying to "repair" the engine of her car with a hammer. De Beaupre lures Bradley to the San Sebastian estate of her partner in crime, Carlos Margoli (]). It doesn't take long for Tom to figure out what de Beaupre and Margoli are up to. Yet, Bradley also knows that he's fallen for de Beaupre, and he's willing to go along as long as he's near her. | |||
| While driving to the Spanish border, Madeleine splashes mud onto Tom Bradley (]), an American automotive engineer vacationing in Europe. Then as they approach the border, her car's horn control sticks "on", to the annoyance of the customs officers. Tom fixes it and they go into the office together. Luggage and purses are being inspected, so she decides to hide the pearls in his jacket pocket. On the road, she pulls ahead of Tom, then disables her own car so that he will have to give her a lift. | |||
| But he has changed jackets. She says she is going to ], and he offers to drive her there. En route she seizes an opportunity to steal his car, but crashes it while evading police, and Tom had taken his suitcase out of the car anyway. | |||
| They make their way separately to San Sebastián. There "Countess" de Beaupre meets her accomplice, supposedly her uncle, "Prince" Carlos Margoli (]). Tom locates Madeleine with the help of a policeman (]), who cannot imagine that a charming countess could be a car thief and so does not stay to see how they react to each other. | |||
| As it seems that Tom still has the pearls but does not know it, Carlos quickly offers to pay for the car, and Madeleine pretends to be attracted to him. They all become friendly and go to together to stay at Carlos's villa. There, when Tom wears his other jacket, Carlos gets the pearls from him using another trick. | |||
| Carlos now wants Madeleine to accompany him to Madrid to sell them, but she has actually fallen in love with Tom, and wants to leave the gang instead. Despite the attempts of Carlos and "Aunt" Olga (]), another gang member, to break them up, they become engaged. | |||
| After Carlos and Olga taunt Madeleine about being unable to tell Tom the truth about herself, she throws caution to the wind and does just that. They steal the necklace back from Carlos and return to Paris, where Madeleine returns it to Duvalle. He personally forgives her, but says she must still face the authorities. The final scene is Tom and Madeleine's wedding, where her ] <!-- Not 100% clear that this word should be linked, as "parole" has a broader meaning in French than in English and some other sense might possibly be meant --> document is accidentally shown, proving that she has done so. Pauquet and Duvalle, who now is his patient, attend the wedding as witnesses. | |||
| ==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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1936 American film| Desire | |
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| Directed by | Frank Borzage |
| Written by | Screenplay: Edwin Justus Mayer Waldemar Young Samuel Hoffenstein Story: Hans Székely Robert A. Stemmle |
| Produced by | Frank Borzage Ernst Lubitsch |
| Starring | Marlene Dietrich Gary Cooper John Halliday William Frawley |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang Victor Milner |
| Edited by | William Shea |
| Music by | Frederick Hollander |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
Desire is an American romantic drama film released in 1936 and directed by Frank Borzage. It was produced by Borzage and Ernst Lubitsch. The picture is a remake of the 1933 German film Happy Days in Aranjuez. The screenplay was written by Samuel Hoffenstein, Edwin Justus Mayer and Waldemar Young based on the play Die Schönen Tage von Aranjuez by Hans Székely and Robert A. Stemmle. The music score was composed by Frederick Hollander and the cinematography was shot by Charles Lang and Victor Milner. Marlene Dietrich's wardrobe was designed by Travis Banton.
The film stars Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper and John Halliday, William Frawley, Akim Tamiroff, and Alan Mowbray.
Plot
In Paris, Madeleine de Beaupre (Marlene Dietrich) cons jeweler Aristide Duvalle (Ernest Cossart) and psychiatrist Maurice Pauquet (Alan Mowbray) by telling each man that she is married to the other. Duval delivers a string of pearls worth millions of francs to Pauquet's office, expecting to be paid, but Pauquet thinks he is a new patient who has delusions of needing to collect debts. Madeleine is there to introduce them to each other, and departs with the pearls before they figure out what she has done.
While driving to the Spanish border, Madeleine splashes mud onto Tom Bradley (Gary Cooper), an American automotive engineer vacationing in Europe. Then as they approach the border, her car's horn control sticks "on", to the annoyance of the customs officers. Tom fixes it and they go into the office together. Luggage and purses are being inspected, so she decides to hide the pearls in his jacket pocket. On the road, she pulls ahead of Tom, then disables her own car so that he will have to give her a lift.
But he has changed jackets. She says she is going to San Sebastián, and he offers to drive her there. En route she seizes an opportunity to steal his car, but crashes it while evading police, and Tom had taken his suitcase out of the car anyway.
They make their way separately to San Sebastián. There "Countess" de Beaupre meets her accomplice, supposedly her uncle, "Prince" Carlos Margoli (John Halliday). Tom locates Madeleine with the help of a policeman (Akim Tamiroff), who cannot imagine that a charming countess could be a car thief and so does not stay to see how they react to each other.
As it seems that Tom still has the pearls but does not know it, Carlos quickly offers to pay for the car, and Madeleine pretends to be attracted to him. They all become friendly and go to together to stay at Carlos's villa. There, when Tom wears his other jacket, Carlos gets the pearls from him using another trick.
Carlos now wants Madeleine to accompany him to Madrid to sell them, but she has actually fallen in love with Tom, and wants to leave the gang instead. Despite the attempts of Carlos and "Aunt" Olga (Zeffie Tilbury), another gang member, to break them up, they become engaged.
After Carlos and Olga taunt Madeleine about being unable to tell Tom the truth about herself, she throws caution to the wind and does just that. They steal the necklace back from Carlos and return to Paris, where Madeleine returns it to Duvalle. He personally forgives her, but says she must still face the authorities. The final scene is Tom and Madeleine's wedding, where her parole document is accidentally shown, proving that she has done so. Pauquet and Duvalle, who now is his patient, attend the wedding as witnesses.
Cast
- Marlene Dietrich as Madeleine de Beaupre
- Gary Cooper as Tom Bradley
- John Halliday as Carlos Margoli
- William Frawley as Mr. Gibson
- Ernest Cossart as Aristide Duvalle
- Akim Tamiroff as Avilia, Police Official
- Alan Mowbray as Dr. Maurice Pauquet
- Zeffie Tilbury as Aunt Olga
Background
John Gilbert was initially cast as Carlos Margoli, which was to be his comeback role. He had a heart attack in his dressing room a few weeks later and was immediately replaced by John Halliday. A few days later, Gilbert died of alcohol-induced heart failure. Some of the scenes in the film were directed by Ernst Lubitsch whilst Frank Borzage was fulfilling a prior commitment at Warner Bros. The film was shot at Paramount Studios and at the Iverson Movie Ranch, Chatsworth, California and, unusual for its time, on location in France and Spain.
Of the film, Dietrich said:
- The only film I need not be ashamed of is Desire, directed by Frank Borzage and based on a script by Ernst Lubitsch. I found Gary Cooper a little less monosyllabic than before. He was finally rid of Lupe Vélez, who had been at his heels constantly throughout the shooting of Morocco.
and:
- Desire became a good film and, moreover, also proved to be a box-office success. The script was excellent, the roles superb - one more proof that these elements are more important than actors.
Accolades
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
- 2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – Nominated
Footnotes
- Desire at IMDb.
- Marlene Dietrich web site.
- "AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-18.
External links
- Desire at Rotten Tomatoes
- Desire at IMDb
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- Desire at Virtual History