Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA vain businessman puts a strain on happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.A vain businessman puts a strain on happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.A vain businessman puts a strain on happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.
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- AnecdotesGale Sondergaard, who plays Barbara Stanwyck's character's mother, is only eight years older than Stanwyck in real life (at the time of filming, 50 vs. 42).
- GaffesWhen Josephine enters Jessie's room while Jessie is crying after reading the paper about the previous night's events, the interior door has a deadbolt lock on it but no corresponding plate or bolt is on the door's edge. This is a common shortcut of set carpenters; the same is seen with Isabel's apartment door.
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Nora Kernan: Jessie looks wonderful tonight.
Brandon Bourne: She has you to thank for her looks, darling.
Nora Kernan: And you! When a woman gets more beautiful after she's married, it means her man is either making her very happy or very unhappy.
Brandon Bourne: Oscar Wilde?
Nora Kernan: No, Belasco.
- ConnexionsReferenced in Moving Pictures (2016)
Stanwyck and Mason star as married couple Jessie and Brandon, and at the beginning of the film, despite a lovey-dovey scene in a taxicab, we can see what the problem is. He goes to a bar and seems to be trying to pick up Rosa (Cyd Charisse). When his picture makes the front page the next day for being in a bar fight, Rosa explains the situation to Jessie and the two become friends. She introduces Jessie to the man she loves, Mark Dwyer, and it's obvious from the beginning that he's attracted to Jessie. He's known Rosa since she was a child, doesn't have romantic feelings for her, and the two part friends. Jessie, however, wants her husband, and is panicked when she learns that the woman who nearly ruined their marriage, Isabel (Ava Gardner) is back in town. Brandon is obsessed with her - and Isabel knows it.
Heflin and Stanwyck make a great pair, and the audience wants them together right away. Mason exhibits no emotion throughout. Gale Sondergaard is excellent as Stanwyck's mother, though one wonders about the casting as she was only a few years older than Stanwyck. One comment stated that Stanwyck was too old for her role; I actually think Sondergaard was too young, as Mason, Heflin, and Stanwyck were within a few years of one another. One bit of casting that is interesting is Charisse, as she bore a resemblance to Gardner, so the initial attraction Mason has for Rosa bears out his obsession with Isabel.
Gardner provides all the excitement in "East Side, West Side" as a purely sexual being who lives off of men and enjoys exerting her power over them. She's absolutely gorgeous and just about burns a hole in the film with her steamy performance. Rita Hayworth and Ava Gardner were unique screen goddesses who had the whole package - beauty, body, voice, and an erotic sensuality.
Stanwyck is sympathetic in a familiar role for her, and Heflin's energetic performance is juxtaposed against Mason's, making one wonder why Stanwyck is wasting her time. Hollywood seemed to want to make Marcia Davenport's rich novels into ordinary screen stories. It succeeded.
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- Mundos opuestos
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- Budget
- 1 754 000 $US (estimé)
- Durée1 heure 48 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1