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La moglie bugiarda

Titolo originale: True Confession
  • 1937
  • Approved
  • 1h 25min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,6/10
1835
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, and Fred MacMurray in La moglie bugiarda (1937)
Screwball ComedyComedyCrime

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA lawyer defends his wife, a pathological liar, in a murder trial.A lawyer defends his wife, a pathological liar, in a murder trial.A lawyer defends his wife, a pathological liar, in a murder trial.

  • Regia
    • Wesley Ruggles
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Claude Binyon
    • Louis Verneuil
    • Georges Berr
  • Star
    • Carole Lombard
    • Fred MacMurray
    • John Barrymore
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,6/10
    1835
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Wesley Ruggles
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Claude Binyon
      • Louis Verneuil
      • Georges Berr
    • Star
      • Carole Lombard
      • Fred MacMurray
      • John Barrymore
    • 30Recensioni degli utenti
    • 14Recensioni della critica
    • 73Metascore
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    Carole Lombard
    Carole Lombard
    • Helen Bartlett
    Fred MacMurray
    Fred MacMurray
    • Kenneth Bartlett
    John Barrymore
    John Barrymore
    • Charley Jasper
    Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    • Daisy McClure
    Porter Hall
    Porter Hall
    • Mr. Hartman
    Edgar Kennedy
    Edgar Kennedy
    • Darsey
    Lynne Overman
    Lynne Overman
    • Bartender
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • The Coroner
    Fritz Feld
    Fritz Feld
    • Krayler's Butler
    Richard Carle
    Richard Carle
    • Judge
    John T. Murray
    John T. Murray
    • Otto Krayler
    Tom Dugan
    Tom Dugan
    • McDougall
    • (as Tommy Dugan)
    Garry Owen
    Garry Owen
    • Tony Krauch
    Toby Wing
    Toby Wing
    • Suzanne Baggart
    Hattie McDaniel
    Hattie McDaniel
    • Ella
    Eleanor Fisher
    • Reporter
    Beaudine Anderson
    • Autograph Hunter
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Herbert Ashley
    Herbert Ashley
    • Juror
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    • Regia
      • Wesley Ruggles
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Claude Binyon
      • Louis Verneuil
      • Georges Berr
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    7utgard14

    "Your honor, I object to the district attorney's unfounded and vicious accusations -- and if he doesn't stop it, I'll knock his teeth out!"

    Aspiring writer and compulsive liar (Carole Lombard) is married to scrupulously honest defense attorney (a mustachioed Fred MacMurray). Because he won't defend anyone who isn't innocent, his law practice is unsuccessful. So his wife must take a job to help them pay bills. When her lecherous boss winds up murdered, Carole's accused of the crime. Despite being innocent, she confesses to the crime and it's up to Fred to represent her in court.

    Lombard and MacMurray are both terrific. John Barrymore has a field day as a nutty blackmailer. Una Merkel is fun as Carole's friend. Edgar Kennedy's a hoot as a blusterous detective. Porter Hall funny as the prosecutor. In addition to being the last of four films Lombard did with MacMurray, this reunites her with her Twentieth Century costar, John Barrymore. It's interesting that in just three years Barrymore's career had declined enough that he was playing a supporting role instead of the lead. This is a riotous comedy with great stars in top form. Leonard Maltin's film guide gives it one and a half stars. Clearly he saw a different movie than this.
    drednm

    Great Lombard Comedy

    Brilliant blend of screwball and black comedy with Carole Lombard at her best playing a compulsive liar married to a scrupulously honest lawyer, Fred MacMurray.

    She gets duped into accepting a secretarial job that seems to good to be true. It is. She wrestles with the man, punches him in the stomach and leaves. Later that afternoon she goes back to retrieve her hat with pal Una Merkel. But just as they get up their courage to sneak in a get her things, the police show up because the man has been murdered.

    In jail she concocts a scheme to say she killed him to defend her honor. MacMurray will defend her, free her, and become famous. All their troubles will be over. But in a bar sits a man, John Barrymore, who has ideas of cashing in on the murder case.

    A flop in its day, but a terrific comedy with top performances by all. Lombard is totally wonderful as the liar who dreams up stories in the blink of an eye. MacMurray is solid, but Barrymore is great as the "world's preeminent criminologist." Supporting cast includes Lynne Overman, Porter Hall, Hattie McDaniel, Richard Carle, Fritz Feld, Edgar Kennedy, Tom Dugan, Irving Bacon, and Gary Owen.

    Lombard and Barrymore are tops!
    8Sylviastel

    Great Lombard at Her Best!

    Carole Lombard plays Helen Bartlett, an aspiring writer, who is married to Ken Bartlett (played by Fred McMurray who was her co-star in other films). Her husband Ken is an aspiring and struggling lawyer. Una Merkel plays her best friend, Daisy. Hattie McDaniel has a small part as Ella towards the end of the film. John Barrymore is Charles Jasper. Anyway, Helen decides to earn extra money as a secretary to wealthy Otto Kraler. Things don't go as planned when she realizes his true motives. Otto is discovered murdered in his home and Helen is the prime suspect. Despite the obvious misunderstandings, Lombard makes you believe in her character despite the craziness of it all. I found the story to be somewhat weak in some parts. I never thought a murder could be turned into comedic terms. Anyway if you love Lombard in her slapstick comedy, you'll love and appreciate her in this film.
    6claudio_carvalho

    Not the Best Screwball Comedy, but Makes Laugh

    The aspirant writer Helen Bartlett (Carole Lombard) and her husband, the lawyer Kenneth "Ken" Bartlett (Fred MacMurray) are facing financial difficulties, since Helen is a mediocre writer and compulsive liar and Ken is an ethical and honest lawyer and can not find clients. Ken does not want that Helen works, but she secretly accepts the job of secretary to work with her father's friend Otto Krayler (John T. Murray) having a high salary for a few working hours a day. However, she is lured by Krayler that harasses her and she leaves his apartment. Helen summons her best friend Daisy McClure (Una Merkel) to go with her to retrieve her coat and purse from the apartment. But Krayler is found dead and Helen becomes the prime suspect of the police. Ken believes that his wife killed Krayler to defend her honor in self-defense and he defends her in court. After the trial, Helen is blackmailed by the weird Charles "Charley" Jasper (John Barrymore).

    "True Confession" is not the best screwball comedy, but makes laugh. The story is dated and Helen Bartlett is not a bright character, with silly and stupid attitudes that are funny, but not intelligent jokes. My vote is six.

    Title (Brazil): "Confissão de Mulher" ("Confession of Woman")
    HarlowMGM

    Wildly Underrated Black Comedy with Lombard at Her Best

    TRUE CONFESSION is one of the unsung gems of the 1930's, a brilliant black comedy that surprisingly is often written off as a misfire. I think it may be because it is so remarkably different than other 1930's comedies which usually feature lovable and endearing characters in a charming situation; in TRUE CONFESSION we get a certified pathological liar in Lombard and a downright menacing villain in Barrymore. Lombard starts as a woman finds herself falsely accused of murder, to help her husband's floundering career as a lawyer she falsely admits to the crime!! This wacky, envelope-pushing comedy is a thorough delight and makes the cynicism in a more famous Lombard picture, NOTHING SACRED, seem downright sugary. Alas, this picture, clearly inspired by the plot of the famous 1920's musical CHICAGO, was obviously too audacious in theme for 1930's audiences as it would be in 1942 when Ginger Rogers filmed the musical as a song-less comedy in ROXIE HART. CHICAGO was never really appreciated until it's 1975 revival and it's later film version with Renee Zellwegger, but critical respect for ROXIE HART came around with time and I believe it's time for TRUE CONFESSION too to get a new reevaluation as a pioneer black comedy.

    Lombard is at her best as the novelist who couldn't tell the truth if she wanted to; Barrymore is superb in an over-the-top caricature of as seedy adventurer. Una Merkel is absolutely perfect as Carole's best friend, this has to be one of her greatest roles. Fred MacMurray is a solid presence as Lombard's devoted and idealistic husband and very sexy too, especially in those swimsuit scenes near the end. Famed movie musical chorine Toby Wing is fun in a bit part as the mistress/"secretary" of the deceased and Hattie McDaniel is hilarious in her few scenes and has perhaps the best line in the picture as she quizzes MacMurray about possibly representing her in as of yet uncommitted crime. Beautifully photographed by Ted Tetzlaff and brilliantly directed Wesley Ruggles, TRUE CONFESSION has more potential to become a cult film than any as of yet undiscovered 1930's comedy that I've seen.

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      During filming, Una Merkel rescued a movie prop man named Arthur Camp from drowning at Lake Arrowhead, California, when the backwash from her motorboat upset his skiff. She caught his suspenders with a boat hook and held him until help arrived from the shore. Camp was unable to swim.
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    • Citazioni

      Ballistic Expert: I got the call about 10 o'clock Wednesday morning from the homicide bureau. I found the defendant, I mean, er, the deceased, laying, er, lying face down on the floor, I mean the rug. So I examined the uh, rug, or, er, uh, the body, and found that death was caused by two bullets, fired into his range, I mean, two bullets fired at close range into his lead, er, head.

    • Connessioni
      Referenced in Hollywood Hist-o-Rama: Fred MacMurray (1961)
    • Colonne sonore
      True Confession
      Music by Friedrich Hollaender (as Frederick Hollander)

      Lyrics by Sam Coslow

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    • Data di uscita
      • 24 dicembre 1937 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, Stati Uniti
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Paramount Pictures
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