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By Candlelight

  • 1933
  • Passed
  • 1 Std. 15 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,7/10
356
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Nils Asther, Elissa Landi, Paul Lukas, Esther Ralston, and Dorothy Revier in By Candlelight (1933)
FarceComedyMusicRomance

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  • Regie
    • James Whale
  • Drehbuch
    • Siegfried Geyer
    • F. Hugh Herbert
    • Ruth Cummings
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Elissa Landi
    • Paul Lukas
    • Nils Asther
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,7/10
    356
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • James Whale
    • Drehbuch
      • Siegfried Geyer
      • F. Hugh Herbert
      • Ruth Cummings
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Elissa Landi
      • Paul Lukas
      • Nils Asther
    • 10Benutzerrezensionen
    • 15Kritische Rezensionen
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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    Elissa Landi
    Elissa Landi
    • Marie
    Paul Lukas
    Paul Lukas
    • Josef
    Nils Asther
    Nils Asther
    • Prince Alfred von Rommer
    Dorothy Revier
    Dorothy Revier
    • Countess von Rischenheim
    Lawrence Grant
    Lawrence Grant
    • Count von Rischenheim
    Esther Ralston
    Esther Ralston
    • Baroness von Ballin
    Warburton Gamble
    Warburton Gamble
    • Baron von Ballin
    Lois January
    Lois January
    • Ann the Maid
    Luis Alberni
    Luis Alberni
    • Train Porter
    • (Nicht genannt)
    André Cheron
    • Croupier
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Marilyn Milner
    • Little Girl
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Paul Porcasi
    Paul Porcasi
    • Train Conductor
    • (Nicht genannt)
    • Regie
      • James Whale
    • Drehbuch
      • Siegfried Geyer
      • F. Hugh Herbert
      • Ruth Cummings
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    1view_and_review

    Terribly Unfunny

    Yes! There is nothing funnier than infidelity, except maybe...ummm... Everything. Infidelity seems to have been Hollywood's favorite topic from the time movies could be made. I think they had squeezed every drop out of that topic by 1933 to the point it didn't interest me at all anymore.

    Within the first fifteen minutes Count von Rischenheim (Lawrence Grant) was at the home of Prince Alfred (Nils Asther) trying to find his wife (Dorothy Revier) as she hid in the other room; all the while the butler, Josef (Paul Lukas), tried to help his boss to keep the woman hidden.

    Later, when the butler, Josef, was on a train he met a woman named Marie (Elissa Landi). Josef pretended to be a prince while Marie pretended to be a married lady (by lady I mean a woman of high class). Josef didn't care a bit that she was "married," he still wanted her.

    From the train ride on until I turned off this dreadful movie, Josef and Marie catted around. Besides the whole ordeal being terrible unfunny as they pretended to be something they weren't, the intrusive musical soundtrack ruined whatever wasn't already ruined by the script. It was a comical soundtrack as if I was watching a folly, and they didn't know when to stop playing the music.

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    jknoppow-1

    Charming and Clever

    Robert Wyler was a director for Universal whom Laemmle Jr. had promoted; and he had a familial connection. Robert Wyler's maternal grandmother was a first cousin of Universal owner, Carl Laemmle.

    There had been turn downs by Wyler, Whale getting the assignments instead, and also cases in which Wyler had failed to be able to make a satisfactory start, and then Whale was asked to continue them.

    'By Candlelight' was one of those latter cases.

    It had been very successful a few years earlier as a British stage play. Because Whale had already turned down some efforts by Robert Wyler, who did not have the talent to direct, he was nearly forced to take on the film. Perhaps it was a matter of discretion over valor. In the end, he took it on.

    He took Ted Kent, his favorite cutter, and the then competent John Mescall as the camera director. Whale started the film over from the beginning.

    He filmed the script as it was for the most part, but he also made a game of it, putting in his own special tricks of the trade.

    Carl Laemmle was very happy with the result. He liked the film himself, and it brought in good money just in the nick of time to help save the studio once more, adding some good revenue to the spectacular revenues from Whale's 'The Invisible Man' which were then really piling up.

    Whale had a contract offer from Paramount as director. He was very actively considering it, but wasn't sure of LeBaron's own firmness in the position of producer; it was LeBaron's offer.

    Laemmle offered Whale both a set of raises to automatically kick in, and producer's credit even though Whale would not actually be the producer.

    And it's a good thing for us that Whale took Laemmle's offer, or we'd not have had 'Bride of Frankenstein' or 'Show Boat'.

    But I'll always wonder what would have become of Whale's career had he taken LeBaron's offer to come and direct at a really powerful studio, which could have offered him some of the best talent, actors, writers and crew, in the world.
    7planktonrules

    Charming and VERY Pre-Code.

    You can tell that "By Candlelight" is a film that came out before the tough Production Code of mid-1934. This is because this comedy also talks about adultery...and it certainly does NOT condemn it in any way!

    Josef (Paul Lukas) is the valet to a prince...and a very good one. So when the prince is out whoring around with other men's wives, Josef, as best he can, runs interference. One day, the prince decides to go on a journey...and he sends his valet ahead of him to get his summer home ready. On the train ride, Josef meets a charming woman and Marie (Elissa Landie) assumes that Josef is THE prince...and pursues him. Little does she know that he's no prince...and Marie has a secret of her own to hide.

    This is a cute sex comedy...minus the sex. As usual, Lukas is charming and the film has a few nice laughs.
    41930s_Time_Machine

    One of those Fred and Ginger types of light comedies.

    This is a straight comedy of errors type of thing which although some of its humour is still funny and it's is expertly put together, it's nothing special but still a good example of early thirties middle of the road comedy.

    The problem with this is that you've got to like the characters to enjoy this fully but they're just not made relatable enough. Your main man here that you're watching is Paul Lukas and once you get it in your head that he sounds just like Bela Lugosi and looks Dracula in HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA you can't warm easily to him. There's actually a scene where he kisses 'Marie's' neck commenting on her perfect throat......there must have been some funny outtakes from that shoot!

    But back to the review..... James Whale's direction makes this feel genuine, as though they're real people. It looks classy and paces itself just right. The characters however seem a little distant and the lead (Dracula audition Hopeful?) is dishonest and a liar so not very likeable. Unusually for a James Whale film but it just doesn't have any magic. And the score is weirdly overpowering. Universal must have been getting their money's worth from the orchestra - it never stops. Were they just showing off to their competitors that they can now afford an orchestra by using it over every single second of your picture.
    6Shotsy

    James Whale romantic comedy

    Charming film. Lukas is not quite suited to the role. Music is played too loud throughout although it is good music. Whale must have done this quick. Not a whole lot of Whale genius here. Still enjoyable for fans of the period.

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      Josef: Marie, you know what I'd like to do?

      Marie: I think I can guess.

    • Verbindungen
      Referenced in She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
      (uncredited)

      Music by Ralph Erwin

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 18. Dezember 1933 (Vereinigte Staaten)
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      • Englisch
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      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, Kalifornien, USA(Studio)
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      • Universal Pictures
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