Men Are Not Gods

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Ann Williams (Miriam Hopkins), secretary to eccentric drama critic T.H. Skeates (A.E. Matthews), is persuaded to alter a ruinous review of Shakespearean actor Edmond Davey (Sebastian Shaw) b... Read allAnn Williams (Miriam Hopkins), secretary to eccentric drama critic T.H. Skeates (A.E. Matthews), is persuaded to alter a ruinous review of Shakespearean actor Edmond Davey (Sebastian Shaw) by Davey's wife Barbara (Gertrude Lawrence). Davey's "Othello" becomes a hit and Ann, even ... Read allAnn Williams (Miriam Hopkins), secretary to eccentric drama critic T.H. Skeates (A.E. Matthews), is persuaded to alter a ruinous review of Shakespearean actor Edmond Davey (Sebastian Shaw) by Davey's wife Barbara (Gertrude Lawrence). Davey's "Othello" becomes a hit and Ann, even though fired by Skeates, becomes a fan of Davey and starts to fall for him, much to the je... Read all

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Miriam Hopkins

Ann Williams

Gertrude Lawrence

Barbara Halford

Sebastian Shaw

Edmond Davey

Rex Harrison

Tommy Stapledon

A.E. Matthews

T. H. Skeates

Val Gielgud

The Producer

Laura Smithson

Katherine

Lawrence Grossmith

Stanley
(as Laurence Grossmith)

Sybil Grove

Painter

Winifred Willard

Mrs. Williams

Wally Patch

Gallery Attendant

Noël Coward

Passer-by
(uncredited)

Rosamund Greenwood

Pianist
(uncredited)

James Harcourt

Porter
(uncredited)

Michael Hogarth

Cassio
(uncredited)

Noel Howlett

Cashier
(uncredited)

Paddy Morgan

Kitty
(uncredited)

Nicholas Nadejin

Iago
(uncredited)

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Trivia
According to a studio press book on this movie, the demolition of the Alhambra Theatre was delayed so that it could be used for staging the play "Othello" for this production.

Goofs
The "goodbye" letter Ann writes to Edmund is not the same one as he is initially shown holding and reading. The words are the same, but the formatting is completely different. After speaking with Tommy, a close-up of the original is seen again.

Quotes
Barbara Halford: [to Edmund] Now, now go and find Ann - and say something nice to her.

Connections
References Three Little Pigs (1933)

Soundtracks
Themes
from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's 'Othello' Suite
[Played throughout the score]

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Review

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5/10

Really Getting Into the Part

Men Are Not Gods is a film along the same lines as Ronald Colman's classic Oscar winner A Double Life, an actor who starts really getting into the part of Othello. This production from Alexander Korda is not anywhere near as good as A Double Life.

Miriam Hopkins who works with Rex Harrison at a London newspaper is persuaded by Gertrude Lawrence wife of Sebastian Shaw who are a British version of the Lunts to change the critic's review of her husband's Othello to a rave. Of course that gets her fired and rightly so, but she becomes a fan, the incarnation of the theater going public as Shaw puts it. He starts falling for her, but Lawrence is still very much in the picture.

Starting out as a comedy, Men Are Not Gods should have stayed that way. But the switch to drama is jarring and not really well prepared by the writers. When Colman did A Double Life the whole idea was to show how seriously he prepared for his roles, so much so that they took over his life. Shaw's ready to kill Lawrence for what, a quick roll in the hay with Hopkins?

Rex Harrison has very little to do here, but stand around and alternate between calf eyes at Hopkins and witticisms to the world. The film really made little use of his talents.

See Men Are Not Gods and you'll long for Ronald Colman.