The Feminine Touch

1941
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1h 37m

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6.4/10

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Don Ameche, Kay Francis, and Rosalind Russell in The Feminine Touch (1941)

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Satire Screwball Comedy Slapstick Comedy

An author writing a book on jealousy discovers his wife is an expert on the subject.An author writing a book on jealousy discovers his wife is an expert on the subject.An author writing a book on jealousy discovers his wife is an expert on the subject.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

1.1K

YOUR RATING

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Party Waiter
(uncredited)

Cecil Cunningham

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Mark Daniels

Student
(uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Julie Gibson

Singer in Nightclub
(uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Nightclub Patron
(uncredited)

Robert Homans

Policeman in Subway Train
(uncredited)

Max Linder

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Director
- W.S. Van Dyke
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Trivia
Don Ameche's first film for MGM. He had made a screen test there in 1935 and was rejected, but was signed the following year by 20th Century-Fox.

Quotes
Nellie Woods: Sorry I'm not what you were expecting.
Elliott Morgan: What makes you think I'm expecting anybody?
Nellie Woods: What makes me think that dogs like liver?
Elliott Morgan: I don't get the analogy, but I expect it's very clever. It so happens that you're wrong; there's no one coming.
Nellie Woods: You're right. She's gone out with her husband.
Elliott Morgan: [feigning confusion] Uh... who has?
Nellie Woods: The liver.

Connections
Features The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtracks
Jealous
(uncredited)
Music by Jack Little
Lyrics by Dick Finch and Tommie Malie
Sung by Julie Gibson
Sung a cappella by Rosalind Russell
[Played as background music during the opening and end credits; played as background music often; performed by the nightclub singer]

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Featured review

4/10

LOVE that dream sequence

I am second to none in my admiration for Roz Russell, but she was clearly second choice for this role. The wife is supposed to slay men at first sight and make them behave like idiots. Sorry, but that's not Roz. It seems tailor made for Hedy Lamarr, who would have been at the height of her beauty in 1941. Even the Adrian wardrobe looks designed with Lamarr in mind. Someone above mentioned Lana Turner, but she would have been too young at this time. Also, Roz plays it like a half-wit, something Lamarr wouldn't have to resort to, as a war-bride who had trouble with American idioms and customs. Ameche, Heflin and Francis are terrific as usual, as is the rest of the supporting cast. And I loved the production design, van Heflin's couch and lamps in his NY apartment are particularly terrifying, as is Kay Francis's "beaver-mouse ears" hat. And I LOVE that Dali-esquire dream sequence. Someone ought to do a compilation of the Dali-inspired dream sequences from the period. There were lots.