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The Keyhole

  • 1933
  • Passed
  • 1h 9min
NOTE IMDb
6,4/10
812
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George Brent and Kay Francis in The Keyhole (1933)
ComédieDrameRomanceSatire

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA woman (Kay Francis) with two husbands (Monroe Owsley, Henry Kolker) tries to divorce one of them by heading down to Havana where things get more complicated.A woman (Kay Francis) with two husbands (Monroe Owsley, Henry Kolker) tries to divorce one of them by heading down to Havana where things get more complicated.A woman (Kay Francis) with two husbands (Monroe Owsley, Henry Kolker) tries to divorce one of them by heading down to Havana where things get more complicated.

  • Réalisation
    • Michael Curtiz
  • Scénario
    • Robert Presnell Sr.
    • Alice D.G. Miller
  • Casting principal
    • Kay Francis
    • George Brent
    • Glenda Farrell
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    6,4/10
    812
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Scénario
      • Robert Presnell Sr.
      • Alice D.G. Miller
    • Casting principal
      • Kay Francis
      • George Brent
      • Glenda Farrell
    • 23avis d'utilisateurs
    • 6avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
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    Rôles principaux21

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    Kay Francis
    Kay Francis
    • Anne Vallee Brooks
    George Brent
    George Brent
    • Neil Davis
    Glenda Farrell
    Glenda Farrell
    • Dot
    Monroe Owsley
    Monroe Owsley
    • Maurice Le Brun
    Allen Jenkins
    Allen Jenkins
    • Hank Wales
    Helen Ware
    Helen Ware
    • Portia Brooks
    Henry Kolker
    Henry Kolker
    • Schuyler Brooks
    Ferdinand Gottschalk
    Ferdinand Gottschalk
    • Brooks' Lawyer
    Billy Gilbert
    Billy Gilbert
    • Cuban Carriage Driver
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur
    • (non crédité)
    Maurice Black
    Maurice Black
    • Cuban Jewelry Salesman
    • (non crédité)
    George Chandler
    George Chandler
    • Joe - Desk Clerk
    • (non crédité)
    Heinie Conklin
    Heinie Conklin
    • Mr. Smith - Man Exiting Room 410
    • (non crédité)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Gino - Hotel Metropole Waiter #2
    • (non crédité)
    Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott
    • Partygoer
    • (non crédité)
    George Humbert
    • Hotel Metropole Waiter #1
    • (non crédité)
    John Sheehan
    John Sheehan
    • Ship Bartender
    • (non crédité)
    Leo White
    Leo White
    • Porter in Cuba
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Scénario
      • Robert Presnell Sr.
      • Alice D.G. Miller
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    Avis des utilisateurs23

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    6blanche-2

    Kay Francis potboiler from the early '30s

    "The Key Hole" is one of those "If you've seen one, you've seen them all" type films, though it's certainly not bad. Francis plays Ann Brooks, married to a wealthy man (Henry Kolker).

    Ann was married before, to Maurice (Monroe Owsley) who never got the divorce he promised her and is now blackmailing her because of it. She works out a scheme with her sister-in-law Portia (Helen Ware) to lure him out of the country, and then Portia would use her influence to have his visa taken away.

    As part of the plan, Ann heads for Havana by ship, with Maurice following. Her suspicious husband has hired a detective, Neil Davis (George Brent) to try and seduce her, and along with Brent comes his spy, Hank Wales (Allen Jenkins). Wales meets Dot (Glenda Farrell), and these two provide the film's humor.

    Well, you can guess what happens.

    Kay Francis wears many fabulous gowns. I used to think the kind of lifestyle her character lived was just in the movies until I saw a 1930s Vogue magazine. What a formal time that was, with people dressing to the nines for lunch and to do any kind of traveling.

    Almost all the ads in Vogue were for trips on ocean liners. We've come a long way, and I'm not sure that's a good thing.

    Anyway, the film is predictable, but Francis is good, as are Jenkins and Farrell. Brent is very smooth and charming.

    Kay Francis made these films by the truckload, and I have to admit I watch them when they appear on TCM. She really epitomizes that early '30s era for me - an era that has not one vestige of it visible today.
    7boblipton

    Michael Curtiz Seems Happier With The Cynical Side Of This Movie

    Henry Kolker suspects his young wife, Kay Francis, of having a lover. She is taking ship to Havana. So Kolker hires PI George Brent to shadow her and get the goods on her. What neither of them suspect at this stage is that the real issue is that Kay Francis is still married to her first husband, slimy Monroe Owlsley. Her plan is to get a divorce in Havana. She doesn't expect Owlsley to follow her to put on pressure, nor to fall in love with Brent, and he with her. That's just the inscrutable workings of fate and the Warner Brother script department.

    It was originally planned as another team-up between William Powell and Miss Francis. I expect it would have worked better that way. Nonetheless, Brent acquits himself well. So does Allen Jenkins as his assistant. He falls for b-girl and kickback artist Glenda Farrell in a nice little comic subplot. Still, the focus is on the leads, with Miss Francis sporting her usual variety of Orry-Kelly gowns and portrait photography by Barney McGill.
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    Cinematic version of a tasty bacon sandwich

    You just need to see a few seconds of this and you know exactly what you're getting. It's the sort of movie that can only be an early thirties Warner Brothers: wonderfully corny, fast moving fun.

    Did the writers sit around a table playing a game of 'who can come up with the daftest story?' In this lovely chunk of 1930s life, a millionaire tests his wife's fidelity by seeing if gigolo, George Brent, whom he's hired to seduce her can tempt her into bed..... and to pointlessly over complicate things, she's also married to someone else as well. Only in pre-code!

    It's no classic but it is classic Warner Brothers, encompassing every trope you'd associate with that studio - great stuff! The cast is also the classic ensemble of cold-hearted rich folk, a slightly shady hero, Kay Francis doing the thing she always did, an idiot friend, a saucy gold-digger and a Captain Hook type villain - only the bumbling Irish detective is missing.

    If you enjoy those cheap and tacky Warner pre-codes which are nevertheless professionally made (Michael Curtiz was in the chair here) or just watching Kay Francis doing what Kay Francis does, this should float your boat.
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    Watch it for the luminous Kay Francis

    Was there any pre-Code actress more cooly glamorous than Kay Francis? The story that has her a married woman trying to resist the charms of a private detective (the less than amazing George Brent) who's trying to entrap her is pretty average fare, but it's livened up a bit by a con artist (Glenda Farrell) taking advantage of his assistant (Allen Jenkins), getting drunk on champagne cocktails among other things. In fact, this is one where I might have been more interested in the subplot of the supporting players.

    The main story is set in motion because Francis's character is being blackmailed and she feels she can't tell her husband the truth, so he suspects her of having an affair. Without going into all the details, it's a pretty contrived scenario that leads her to Cuba. Aside from Francis's wardrobe and a glimpse of an airplane (the seating section for which was amusing to me) there aren't really a lot of interesting period details, and don't come here expecting any pre-Code naughtiness. Rather predictably, the detective and the woman begin developing feelings for one another in the moonlight, which I'm not sure I was really rooting for. The ultimate fate of the sinister blackmailer (the well-cast Monroe Owsley) was a nice touch though.
    10Ron Oliver

    George Brent Romances Kay Francis In Old Havana

    Peeping through THE KEYHOLE we find an unhappy wife who sails to Cuba to shake off a blackmailing former lover, not knowing that her millionaire husband has sent a handsome detective to compromise her...

    This elaborately plotted little picture is a very fine example of the kind of film Warner Bros. produced so effortlessly in the 1930's. Frothy, a bit silly & fun, it boasts entertaining performances and good production values. Depression audiences sat through scores of movies just like this, generally well made, but with interchangeable plots & stars.

    Kay Francis & George Brent handle the romantic situations very nicely. Sophisticated & charming, they keep their stock characters from ever becoming dull. The humor is supplied by brassy blonde Glenda Farrell as a gold digging shill & dumb-as-dirt detective Allen Jenkins.

    Henry Kolker as the suspicious husband, Helen Ware as his elderly, sympathetic sister, and Monroe Owsley as the oily Lothario, all add to the fun in their supporting roles. Especially enjoyable is little Ferdinand Gottschalk, appearing in only one scene as a comically flirtatious old banker.

    Movie mavens will recognize sour-faced Clarence Wilson as the head of the detective agency.

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    • Anecdotes
      While on the ship's deck reading on their lounge chairs Anne Vallee next to Neil Davis was reading the Nov 19, 1932 issue of The New Yorker that dealt with relations of class during the Great Depression.
    • Gaffes
      In the restaurant of the Hotel Metropole in Havana, the supposedly Cuban waiters (one of whom is referred to as "Pedro") speak to each other in Italian rather than Spanish. The actors playing these roles, George Humbert and Gino Corrado, were both born in Florence, Italy.
    • Citations

      Ann Brooks: [to Maurice] And the next time you try to kill yourself, let me know; I'd love to help you.

    • Connexions
      Remade as Romance à Rio (1948)
    • Bandes originales
      Am I Blue?
      (1929) (uncredited)

      Music by Harry Akst

      Played on the radio in the opening scene

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    • Date de sortie
      • 25 mars 1933 (États-Unis)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Genom nyckelhålet
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, Californie, États-Unis(Studio)
    • Société de production
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Budget
      • 169 000 $US (estimé)
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    • Durée
      • 1h 9min(69 min)
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Mixage
      • Mono
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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