Le médaillon

Titre original : The Locket

1946
Approved
1h 25m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

MA NOTE

Brian Aherne and Laraine Day in Le médaillon (1946)

Film Noir Psychological Drama Crime Drama Romance

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueJust before his wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced.Just before his wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced.Just before his wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced.

Director
- John Brahm
Writers
- Sheridan Gibney
- Norma Barzman
Stars

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,1/10

3,3 k

MA NOTE

Director
- John Brahm
Writers
- Sheridan Gibney
- Norma Barzman
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Anecdotes
Norma Barzman's lengthy treatment for this film, which Sheridan Gibney revised into a screenplay, was inspired by a true event which was recounted to her by financier George Peabody Gardner and his sister Belle. When younger, the Gardners eschewed their aristocratic upbringing partly in reaction to an incident in their youth: As children they became friendly with the daughter of the family's housekeeper. It transpired that the daughter was wrongly accused of stealing a locket, leading to the firing and departure of the housekeeper and her daughter. Years later, they learned that the daughter suffered from depression and was implicated in a theft, a consequence for which the Gardners felt their family was partly responsible.

Gaffes
American ambulances, shown driven with left-hand drive, were not used in wartime London.

Citations
Norman Clyde: I don't take money for nothing. I'm not conducting a class so the parasitic rich can escape boredom. I'm not that hard up.
Nancy Patton: Well, I hope you never will be, Mr. Clyde. I admire your principles. I wish I could say the same for your disposition.

Connexions
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)

Bandes originales
Hands, Knees and Boomps-a-Daisy
(uncredited)
Written by Annette Mills
Performed by Queenie Leonard

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Correction to previous "Limsgirl" review...

I'm correcting a mistake in the previous post by Limsgirl of Massachussetts. That was NOT the mother of Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine who played the cruel woman who gives Nancy (Laraine Day) the locket. That woman was actress KATHERINE EMERY who played many "evil" or mean women in supporting roles. Lilian Fontaine had a brief nondescript role as a wealthy woman and made no impression whatsoever--she never had a really good role on screen, appearing briefly in THE LOST WEEKEND (Jane Wyman's mother) and IVY (as Joan Fontaine's friend, Lady Flora). LET'S GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE--and applause for Katherine Emery as the cruel woman who has an immense effect on Nancy's life.