Dama por una noche

Título original: Lady for a Night

1942
Approved
1h 27min

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John Wayne and Joan Blondell in Dama por una noche (1942)

Jenny Blake, está enamorada del político local, Jack Morgan, pero decide casarse con un aristócrata sureño por dinero y posición social. Sus nuevos suegros, que no aceptan el matrimonio, har... Leer todoJenny Blake, está enamorada del político local, Jack Morgan, pero decide casarse con un aristócrata sureño por dinero y posición social. Sus nuevos suegros, que no aceptan el matrimonio, harán todo lo posible para desprestigiar a Jenny.Jenny Blake, está enamorada del político local, Jack Morgan, pero decide casarse con un aristócrata sureño por dinero y posición social. Sus nuevos suegros, que no aceptan el matrimonio, harán todo lo posible para desprestigiar a Jenny.

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Curiosidades
This film inspired the name of one of the most famous World War 2 bombers, the B-17 "Memphis Belle", one of the first to complete a full combat tour of 25 missions against targets in Nazi Germany in May 1943. The aircraft was the namesake of pilot Captain Robert K. Morgan's sweetheart, Margaret Polk, a resident of Memphis, Tennessee. Morgan originally intended to call the B-17, Little One, after his pet name for her, but after Morgan and his co-pilot, Jim Verinis, saw this movie in which the leading character owns a riverboat named the Memphis Belle, he proposed that name to his crew. After their combat service, the Belle and her crew were sent home on highly successful war bond tour. They were also featured in an award-winning 1944 documentary by William Wyler.

Créditos adicionales
Underneath the credits, there is some footage of extras dancing in front of the Alderson family's house.

Banda sonora
Up in a Balloon
(uncredited)
Written by Henry B. Farnie (1868)
Special Lyrics by Sol Meyer
Sung by Joan Blondell, a quartet and chorus on the Memphis Belle
Whistled by John Wayne
Played as backgroung music often

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6/10

Republic tries for another prestige project that's more than a little derivative.

In this costume comedy-drama set in late 19th century Memphis, gambling hall proprietress Jenny Blake (Joan Blondell) has great wealth but no respect among the snobs in high society. Politician Jackson Morgan (John Wayne) doesn't care about Jenny's reputation, loving her regardless, but his feelings aren't reciprocated, and Jenny marries alcoholic Alan Alderson (Ray Middleton) in order to gain social acceptance, while the Alderson clan want access to Jenny's fortune, having lost theirs in the Civil War. The disapproving Julia (Blanche Yurka) does everything in her power to undermine Jenny's efforts.

The first scenes of the film seem like many other 19th century set pictures where a brash guy tries to romance an equally brassy gal. Things change a bit when Blondell marries and heads to the country estate, where the many similarities to Rebecca begin, with a dark and dour female presence (Blanche Yurka), a deadly secret from the past, and even rumors of ghosts. The movie is hard to take with the drastic shifts in tone from farcical humor to dramatic tension, then on to (a lot) of bad racial jokes and references (Wayne threatens to send a maid "back to Africa" and there are quite a few slurs). It seems like the producers just tried throwing everything into a blender and hoped something potable came out. It sort of did, but you wouldn't want to drink deeply. The movie is saved from failure by the talents of the two leads, Blondell still a sharp cookie even if the waistline was starting to grow, and Wayne was showing much improvement in his acting abilities.