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By Candlelight

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

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuBeautiful woman mistakes a prince's butler for the prince.Beautiful woman mistakes a prince's butler for the prince.Beautiful woman mistakes a prince's butler for the prince.

  • Regie
    • James Whale
  • Drehbuch
    • Siegfried Geyer
    • F. Hugh Herbert
    • Ruth Cummings
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Elissa Landi
    • Paul Lukas
    • Nils Asther
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,7/10
    357
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • James Whale
    • Drehbuch
      • Siegfried Geyer
      • F. Hugh Herbert
      • Ruth Cummings
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Elissa Landi
      • Paul Lukas
      • Nils Asther
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    • 15Kritische Rezensionen
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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
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    Paul Porcasi
    Paul Porcasi
    • Train Conductor
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    • Regie
      • James Whale
    • Drehbuch
      • Siegfried Geyer
      • F. Hugh Herbert
      • Ruth Cummings
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    7Bunuel1976

    BY CANDLELIGHT (James Whale, 1933) ***

    This is a well-regarded minor Whale effort which, like REMEMBER LAST NIGHT? (1935) finds him in fine form tackling sophisticated comedy – though it eschews the zaniness which would mark that film; indeed, this is very much in the Lubitsch style and class!

    That said, it was criticized for Paul Lukas' central miscasting but I felt he acquitted himself reasonably well under the circumstances. He plays butler to Nils Asther's suave Prince: asked to precede him on a journey, he is mistaken for the real thing when running into charming Elissa Landi (also traveling incognito above her station!) on a train. The two start a hesitant romance, since each is wary of being exposed; the situation is further complicated when the womanizing Asther catches Lukas at his game in his own house. He is willing to play along and assumes the butler's responsibilities, only he has his eyes on Landi too, who in turn is naturally insulted by his impudence! Incidentally, the title is a reference to Asther's recurring trick for seducing the ladies – pretending that the electricity has gone out and having Lukas set up a romantic candle-lit mood (the Prince, then, is happy to oblige his butler during the latter's own affair)!

    The mistaken identity ruse (obviously smoothed by the end) has been a staple in the romantic comedy genre, but Whale handles it with tremendous flair and dexterity. Getting back to Lubitsch and his renowned 'touch', we get an ingenious example of it here: Asther is entertaining the opera singer wife of an aristocrat who, breaking into his house, believes he can hear her voice in the next room…but when he steps inside is met with a gramophone playing one of her arias!; still not satisfied, he asks the Prince if he can call her at their home and Asther offers to do it himself – proceeding to connect the phone to a secondary line elsewhere in the house! By the way, what I said about the re-use of sets (and, for that matter, succinctness – since this runs for just 68 minutes) from one film to the other in my review of Whale's THE KISS BEFORE THE MIRROR (1933) applies here as well: both Asther's house and that of Landi's masters were already seen in that very picture (with the all-important mirror, also featured in the director's FRANKENSTEIN [1931], intact)!

    Again, though, the print I acquired is far from optimal – being exceedingly soft and once more (briefly) boasting fluctuating audio. With this in mind, a DVD set through Criterion's sister label Eclipse – compiling Whale's most notable non-horror work (given that the company is on good terms with Universal anyway) – would be a veritable treat, especially for somebody not yet familiar with gems such as this one...
    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.
    6csteidler

    More silly than sophisticated

    Suave butler Paul Lukas greatly admires his wealthy employer, one of those vaguely royal European noblemen who wanders around the continent carrying on romantic affairs. Lukas even practices copying the prince's mannerisms and pickup lines.

    Traveling with the prince's luggage, he meets attractive and well dressed Elissa Landi and allows her to think he is the prince himself as they strike up a relationship on the train. They quickly fall in love - and Lukas is reluctant to tell her the truth, afraid that she will not be interested when she learns he is only a butler. Landi, on the other hand, is similarly shifty about her own identity....

    Nils Asther is lots of fun as the real prince, who readily plays along with Lukas's game when the opportunity comes up. Landi is fine as the leading lady, sometimes very funny as she alternates between displaying allure and alarm. Lukas is good, too, as the slightly goofy impostor whose scheme starts to get out of control.

    The plot and all its little devices - candles, champagne, unscrewing a fuse so the lights go out at the right moment - are not only silly but really rather predictable for the most part. Still, this is a solid entry in the early genre of comedies about misbehaving European royalty.
    7AlsExGal

    precode Universal was so much more than monster films ...

    ... and I do not know why the folks at Universal don't do more to get treasures such as these out to the public, at least using the manufactured on demand method that Warner Brothers and MGM/UA are using.

    This is one of the sophisticated precodes revolving around a series of mistaken identities and misrepresentations. The basic plot is that Josef (Paul Lukas) is butler to the carousing Prince Alfred von Rommer (Nils Asther). Josef helps the prince whenever he gets in a tight spot with one of his many lady friends - with that tight spot primarily consisting of protests and threats being raised by one of the ladies' husbands popping up unexpectedly. After one such episode the prince decides to take a vacation in Monte Carlo and he sends Josef on ahead with the luggage. On the train Josef notices an attractive young lady (Elissa Landi) and tries to make a play for her himself. He is only modestly successful until the young woman sees Josef's luggage and notices the prince's coat of arms. Now Josef has to pretend to be the prince in order to continue courting the lady. What happens when the real prince arrives? Is the young lady who she seems to be? Will those angry husbands now be after Josef since he has taken the prince's identity? Watch and find out.

    The main negative in this film is the casting of Paul Lukas as Josef. This time it is not his accent that is the problem but his age. It is a bit of a stretch to believe that a man in his 40's would have such wide-eyed hero worship for the younger prince and his philandering ways. Nils Asther as the prince gives a charming and effortless performance, behaving genuinely amused at the uncomfortable situations in which he is placed. Like Lukas, Asther also had a heavy accent, and that and a contract dispute pretty much finished his acting career shortly after this film was made.

    Highly recommended as one of the great sophisticated precodes, although you probably won't be able to find a good print of it. I know I haven't been able to find one yet.
    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.

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      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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