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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - Divorce of Lady X
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List Price: $6.99
Our Price: $23.87
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: United American Video
Starring: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson, Morton Selten
Directed By: Tim Whelan
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301394932
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 6301394933
Label: United American Video
Manufacturer: United American Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: United American Video
Release Date: 1989-06-14
Studio: United American Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1938-01-15
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Summary: A remarkable and funny movie!
Comment: Undoubtedly Pygmalion and this movie were the most remarkable films in the comedy genre that somehow seemed to foresee what U.K. would give as legacy to the world after the forced interruption due the WW2 in an interval that spanned fourteen years and that would reappear with "Kind hears and cornets" in 1950.
A lawyer allows a lady spends the night at his place. But as you know the scandal is the half of the sin, and although it happened nothing, he is branded as "the other man" with laughable and unpredictable consequences that will make you love this film as I did it.
A must-see.
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Summary: Lady X should be better known!
Comment: One of the most charming of the "screwball comedies." Highlights include the delightful performances of Laurence Olivier as the smug young attorney and Merle Oberon as the lady who taunts him, but the performance you should not miss is that of Ralph Richardson as the dotty husband who hires Olivier to arrange the divorce proceedings that complicate the plot. Richardson and Olivier seem to have established a rapport in this film that made them exceptionally comfortable acting together. Each carries his own role in a way that enhances the wit and the humor of the other's part. Richardson is at his understated best in the scene where he leaves Olivier's office totally mystified by some chance remark but filled with suspicion! The film is full of gleeful surprises, and the plot just intricate enough to hold up under a third, a fourth, or a fifth viewing. It lacks the sophistication of Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins' "Trouble in Paradise," but it is as full of exhilarating surprises. Here's a chance to see the young Olivier playing the daft lover. Compare this to his suave performance in the more mature role of the Doctor in "Uncle Vanya."
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Summary: A very cute movie!
Comment: This movie is one that shouldn't be taken seriously. It's a cute little romp about a girl(Merle Oberon) playing a joke on a naive gorgeous young lawyer(Lawrence Olivier). He easily falls in love with her but thinks that she is a wicked woman who's been married several times. She plays along and lets him think that it's true causing all kinds of funny chaos in the life of the love -struck lawyer. Lawrence Olivier looks especially dashing and handsome! This is a must see for any Olivier and Oberon fan and for anyone else who loves no brainer type flicks.
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Summary: ..and oldie does not mean goldie every time.
Comment: A manipulative girl and a spine-less man. She should have been used as a prototype for some major attack vehicle (the attitude, not the size) and he would have done well as a bathroom towel - soft and pliable and one can fold it any way one wants. Terribly afraid of dark stains, though. She decides first that she wants his bed (without him in it) and then him (with the bed). He does not decide anything. I suppose one of the main reasons why Olivier became such a fantastic Shakespear actor was that he understood that otherwise he would have had to play in more stupid movies like that one. That was a very wise decision.
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Summary: Terrific little intellectual comedy
Comment: I cannot believe no one has reviewed this film yet! Okiday, where do I start? This is one of the best little-known movies out there...ranks right up there with *Stand-In* (Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell) as one of the best obscure intellectual comedies out there. Merle Oberon is the vivacious and mysterious "Lady X" that attourney Laurence Olivier becomes enamored of, and although she completely butchers her accent (SHE'S an American? Yeah, right), she still delivers a solid performance. Olivier makes a terrific naive young lawyer, and is completely captivating (and, may I add, pretty darn sexy). Hilarious mix-ups and such crap ensue. Not the greatest film ever made, but one of the most enjoyable, and a fabulous film all-around. By the way, contrary to the box art, the film is actually in color (at least the version I have on tape is, and you can tell when things are colorized).
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