J'aimais une femme

Titre original : I Loved a Woman

1933
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1h 30min

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Edward G. Robinson, Kay Francis, and Genevieve Tobin in J'aimais une femme (1933)

Art student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business on his father's death. He marries social climber Martha who taunts him for his ideals regarding worker happiness and meat purity.

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueArt student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business on his father's death. He marries social climber Martha who taunts him for his ideals rega... Tout lireArt student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business on his father's death. He marries social climber Martha who taunts him for his ideals regarding worker happiness and meat purity. He begins supporting the musical career of singer ... Tout lireArt student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business on his father's death. He marries social climber Martha who taunts him for his ideals regarding worker happiness and meat purity. He begins supporting the musical career of singer Laura. During the Spanish American war he sells the Army tainted meat. Martha puts detecti... Tout lire

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Anecdotes
Although a novel by David Karsner is credited onscreen as the source, none has been located; it may not have been published. However, David Karsner's biography "Silver Dollar: The Story of the Tabors" was made into a film the previous year, also starring Edward G. Robinson named Valet d'argent (1932).

Gaffes
The newspaper item "10 Years Ago Today" near the end of the film stated that Hayden fled to Greece on the same day that the Chicago White Sox defeated Detroit, 10-6. But an item next to it noted that it was the 50th anniversary of the death of Scottish physicist James Clerk-Maxwell, which occurred in November 1879. Because the baseball season in 1919 ended in September, the anniversary of the White Sox-Tigers game could not have been on the same date as the anniversary of Maxwell's death.

Citations
Charles Lane: John, you're mad!
John Mansfield Hayden: Yes. Maybe I am mad. But it's madmen who run the world today.

Bandes originales
Home on the Range
(1904) (uncredited)
Music by Daniel E. Kelley (1904)
Lyrics by Brewster M. Higley (1873)
Played during the opening credits and at the end
Played on piano and sung by Kay Francis
Whistled and sung a cappella by Edward G. Robinson twice
Reprised by Kay Francis twice
Played by a band at the election celebration
Played as background music often as a love theme for John and Laura

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Here is yet another of the films from early in Edward G. Robinson's career that has inexplicably and unfortunately been forgotten. A tale which anticipates "Citizen Kane" in an astonishing number of ways, it tells the moving story of a multi-dimensional character transformed from an idealistic and impetuous young man into a ruthless, demanding, ultimately abandoned force in business and politics. Robinson's character, John Hayden, knows how to get what he wants, but is never sure what that really is. Solid performances by a first-rate cast complement a scenario able to cover decades with crisp efficiency.

There are some unfortunate sequences in which the dialog becomes florid, stilted, and too much in the manner of a lesser Victorian romance. And the use of "Home On The Range" as a Rosebud motif comes across as ludicrous, to put it charitably. Such flaws, however, do not seriously lessen the impact and entertainment value of this undeservedly obscure picture.