Bride of Vengeance

1949
Approved
1 Std. 32 Min.

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Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, and John Lund in Bride of Vengeance (1949)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA female Borgia is sent out to live up to the family name by killing someone, but falls in love with her intended victim.A female Borgia is sent out to live up to the family name by killing someone, but falls in love with her intended victim.A female Borgia is sent out to live up to the family name by killing someone, but falls in love with her intended victim.

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5,6/10

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Wissenswertes
The male lead role of Alfonso D'Este was originally cast with Ray Milland, who had been paired with both leading lady Paulette Goddard and director Mitchell Leisen with great success in Eine Lady mit Vergangenheit (1945). However John Lund, originally cast as second male lead Cesare Borgia, would replace Milland as D'Este, with Macdonald Carey taking the Cesare Borgia role. According to Carey, Milland had done the wardrobe tests for the D'Este role before his reading of the "mess" of a script caused him to walk off the film, the first time in his career that Milland had refused a role. Paramount suspended Milland for ten weeks, which allowed the actor an enjoyable vacation spent skiing and sailing. Milland would have further cause to refuse Paramount Pictures roles, and would have little enthusiasm for the few further films he did make for the studio before ending his twenty year association with Paramount subsequent to Die weiße Herrin auf Jamaika (1953).

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Give My Love
Written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans and Troy Sanders

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8/10

Paulette Goddard still holds her own.

In spite of a trite and pretty silly scenario and some terrible acting by her supporting men (John Lund and MacDonald Carey) Miss Goddard holds her own. I'm not sure that in history, Lucretia Borgia had a change of heart in murdering her husband, but Paulette does. In some rather over-the-hill make-up, she manages to bring some honest work to her character, even when the script forbids it. Carey comes off better than Lund. Lund seems to be out of place in a costume drama. Carey, looking much like Mandrake the Magician, at least appears evil and menacing as Lucretia's manipulating brother. Raymond Burr, in his early career stage, plays another villain. There is one scene that is priceless. Billy Gilbert, the fat, sneezing, comedian serenades Paulette under the balcony at Lund's wishes. What makes it funny is Gilbert's expressions and a beautiful dubbed voice doing his singing. It's not one of Goddard's best, but it's always good to see her on film, no matter what vehicle she is forced to play. Let us not forget Brando's DESIREE and Anthony Quinn's PORTRAIT IN BLACK.