Breach of Promise

1942
1h 19m

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Clive Brook and Judy Campbell in Breach of Promise (1942)

Peter Conway is a playwright and his new play is having its first night. At the party afterwards, Peter is kissed by a woman he claims not to know. The woman is Pamela. At first, she persuad... Read allPeter Conway is a playwright and his new play is having its first night. At the party afterwards, Peter is kissed by a woman he claims not to know. The woman is Pamela. At first, she persuades him but then produces some letters where he declared his undying love for her and she s... Read allPeter Conway is a playwright and his new play is having its first night. At the party afterwards, Peter is kissed by a woman he claims not to know. The woman is Pamela. At first, she persuades him but then produces some letters where he declared his undying love for her and she sues him for Breach of Promise. But Peter has a nice scheme to defeat her plan - he marries... Read all

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A Damp Squib

I viewed the 66minute American version of this film which is strangely titled "Adventure In Blackmail".The film originally ran for 79minutes and many scenes have been brutally truncated.This may contribute to the lack of humour though i somehow doubt it.The first problem is with the script which is unfunny surprising given that Emric Pressburgers name is attached to it.It may also be the fact that Clive Brook at 55 is just too old a lead to make the premise of the film work particularly when you consider that Judy Campbell was just 26 when the film was made.So it rather undercuts the prenise of Breach of Promise.As with all farces the situation gets rather turned on its head and we land up with a very predictable ending.Compare this with say My favourite wife made about the same time by RKO in Hollywood.Imagine what Cary Grant and Irene Dunne could have made with these parts.A lot more than Brook and Campbell.

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This film's earliest documented USA telecasts took place in Chicago Sunday 19 February 1950 on WGN (Channel 9), in Cincinnati on Sunday 5 March 1950 on WLW-T (Channel 4), in Los Angeles Friday 30 June 1950 on KTSL (Channel 2), in New York City Sunday 9 July 1950 on WPIX (Channel 11), in Boston Sunday 1 October 1950 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Philadelphia Sunday 26 November 1950 on WPTZ (Channel 3), and in San Francisco Monday 28 May 1951 on KGO (Channel 7).