I Was an Adventuress

1940
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1 Std. 21 Min.

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Richard Greene and Vera Zorina in I Was an Adventuress (1940)

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Film Noir Comedy Crime Drama

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA pair of crooks (von Stroheim and Lorre) use a phony countess (Zorina) who winds up falling in love with one of their victims (Greene).A pair of crooks (von Stroheim and Lorre) use a phony countess (Zorina) who winds up falling in love with one of their victims (Greene).A pair of crooks (von Stroheim and Lorre) use a phony countess (Zorina) who winds up falling in love with one of their victims (Greene).

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,7/10

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Although credited to Fortunio Bonanova, the orchestra conductor is played by George Balanchine, who at the time was married to Vera Zorina.

Patzer
At the end of the Swan Lake ballet, the Prince wades into the pond. He stands in water almost up to his knees. Yet when he comes out for the curtain call immediately after, his legs are dry.

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Countess Tanya Vronsky: I'm Countess Vronsky. I've heard some of the stories you've been spreading about me, Signor Rosselli
[slaps his face]
Countess Tanya Vronsky: I warn you against repeating any more of this malicious gossip
Herr Protz: [startled] I am not Signor Rosselli!
Countess Tanya Vronsky: You're not Signor Rosselli?
Herr Protz: No. I've never even heard of him.
Countess Tanya Vronsky: Oh. I've made a terrible mistake
Herr Protz: Oh, that's alright.
Countess Tanya Vronsky: I don't know what to say
Herr Protz: Say nothing, Countess.
[fawning]
Herr Protz: Even being slapped by such a beautiful woman is an event.
Countess Tanya Vronsky: I only wish there was some way I could make amends.
Herr Protz: There is
[kisses here hand]
Herr Protz: You could dine with me
Countess Tanya Vronsky: But we haven't met yet, Signor...
Herr Protz: Oh, er, permit me to introduce myself. I am Herr Protz.
Countess Tanya Vronsky: Herr Protz.
[they start to walk together]
Herr Protz: Tell me, Countess, is this your first visit to Venice?
Countess Tanya Vronsky: Oh, no. I've been here many times
Herr Protz: You like it?
Countess Tanya Vronsky: I love it!
[they walk past Andre Desormeaux and Polo]
Polo: What a ravishing woman!
Andre Desormeaux: Like a bouquet of spring flowers...
[they grin at each other]

Verbindungen
Remake of J'étais une aventurière (1938)

Soundtracks
Swan Lake, Op.20
(1877) (uncredited)
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Excerpts played at the ballet and danced by Vera Zorina, Lew Christensen and Charles Laskey

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8/10

Charming film

Actor/director/writer Gregory Ratoff often did Lubitsch-like films -"Cafe Metropole" is one and this one, 1940's "I Was an Adventuress" is another. Light and delightful, the film stars Vera Zorina, Eric von Stroheim, Richard Greene and Peter Lorre. Zorina, Stroheim and Lorre are partners in crime - practicing the old bait and switch of the fake necklace that someone says is not fake after all but worth a fortune. The targeted sucker overhears the conversation and buys what he thinks is a real necklace from the unsuspecting woman. He pays way too much for a fake but not as much as the sale price of the real thing. Of course, when he tries to sell it, he's told it's a fake, but the thieves have left town.

All goes well until Tanya (Zorina), posing as Countess Vronsky, meets handsome, charming Paul Vernay, whom she attempts to set up for a con but ends up falling in love with him. She breaks with Polo (Lorre) and Andre (von Stroheim), marries Vernay and takes up her ballet career again. After several months, Polo and Andre need her to return, but they can't find her. When they do, Andre moves in for a shakedown.

This film is lots of fun all the way with some marvelous performances. Von Stroheim and Lorre make a great team - one, Teutonic and committed, the other, an apologetic kleptomaniac with a heart. Zorina certainly had one of the most interesting faces in film, beautiful yet strong, and she's wonderful as Tanya. Her dancing was lovely, with the exception of her very distracting arms.

Richard Greene was getting the big star buildup at 20th Century Fox when war was declared in Europe, and he returned to England to serve his country. Handsome with a to-die for accent, he just might have given Tyrone Power a run for his money, at least in some of the lighter roles, as I suspect he didn't have a large range. As it was, Greene became best known in this country for his TV series "Robin Hood." Here he exhibits warmth and sophistication as Paul Vernay.

Look for this film on Fox Movie Channel - you won't be sorry.