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Sérénade à Mexico

Original title: Honeymoon
  • 1947
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Shirley Temple, Guy Madison, Lina Romay, and Franchot Tone in Sérénade à Mexico (1947)
Comedy

A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.

  • Director
    • William Keighley
  • Writers
    • Michael Kanin
    • Vicki Baum
  • Stars
    • Shirley Temple
    • Franchot Tone
    • Guy Madison
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    520
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • William Keighley
    • Writers
      • Michael Kanin
      • Vicki Baum
    • Stars
      • Shirley Temple
      • Franchot Tone
      • Guy Madison
    • 14User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Shirley Temple
    Shirley Temple
    • Barbara Olmstead
    Franchot Tone
    Franchot Tone
    • David Flanner
    Guy Madison
    Guy Madison
    • Corporal Phil Vaughn
    Lina Romay
    Lina Romay
    • Raquel Mendoza
    Gene Lockhart
    Gene Lockhart
    • Consul Prescott
    Corinna Mura
    Corinna Mura
    • Senora Mendoza
    Grant Mitchell
    Grant Mitchell
    • Congressman Crenshaw
    Julio Villarreal
    Julio Villarreal
    • Senor Gaspar Mendoza
    Manuel Arvide
    • Registrar
    José Goula
    • Dr. Diego
    • (as Jose R. Goula)
    Vida Aldana
    • Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
    Larry Arnold
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Paulita Arvizu
    • Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
    Salvador Baguez
    • Boatman
    • (uncredited)
    Alma Beltran
    Alma Beltran
    • Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    Alfredo Berumen
    • Witness
    • (uncredited)
    Eumenio Blanco
    Eumenio Blanco
    • Mexican Witness
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Bray
    Robert Bray
    • Bridegroom
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • William Keighley
    • Writers
      • Michael Kanin
      • Vicki Baum
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    3planktonrules

    Not good...and quite forced.

    "Honeymoon" is a bad film. It's not terrible, but it is bad--mostly because the humor is very forced and the film seldom entertaining. More bluntly put, it tries way too hard to be kooky.

    The film begins with an annoying young lady (Shirley Temple) coming to Mexico to marry a serviceman. However, through a long series of unbelievable and annoying situations (mostly caused by her), instead of the marriage coming off successfully, the diplomat who tries to help her (Franchot Tone) ends up getting in very hot water with everyone--particularly his fiancée who THINKS he's making time with this other woman.

    The film is bad--mostly because the studio didn't seem to know what to do with Temple. While she possessed great talent, here they made her character really annoying and shrill--so much so that America's Sweetheart is now an annoying lady who seems to behave like a 14 year-old suffering through her first crush. She is supposed to be a woman...but rarely seems anything like one.
    8jjnxn-1

    Engaging trifle

    This is an engaging little trifle, the kind of innocuous fluff that was a staple of the studios during the Golden Age.

    Shirley Temple's films as a young adult are a mixed lot at best but this one does show off her genuine gift for comedy, certainly not as well as her next film The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer would but she does handle her role here with a deft touch. Made when she was just eighteen it also shows that as a young girl she was quite a lovely lass.

    Franchot Tone, that marvelous actor so often ill used by Hollywood, brings his exasperated charm to bear on his role of a put upon diplomat trying to help out Shirley and the young and impossibly handsome Guy Madison. Speaking of Guy, his role of the frustrated prospective groom doesn't really require much of him but earnest attractiveness and he fills that well.

    All in all silly and light as a feather this confection breaks absolutely no new ground but does showcase its stars to pleasing advantage. What more can you ask from a slight entertainment like this.
    6ksf-2

    shirley temple grows up !

    I never was much of a Shirley Temple fan; personally, I always thought she came across as sugary sweet and precocious as a child. In Honeymoon, she's twenty, and playing Barbara, meeting her fiance in Mexico City. Guy Madison is Corporal Vaughn, but they miss each other at the station. and along comes american consul Flanner (Franchot Tone) to help out. Although each time he "helps out", it seems to cause more trouble. and of course, everyone else is determined to mis-understand every move they make! studio regulars Gene Lockhart and Grant Mitchell are here in supporting roles. not to mention the uncredited cast of thousands. For a consul, no-one seems to respect Flanner, and he never seems to mention it, when people question his motives. I guess you have to buy into all the silliness. and clearly this was all done on the hollywood production lot. oddly, Tone made another film called "Lost Honeymoon" the very same year. he made so many films dealing with marriage and goofed up relationships. This one gets pretty silly, with slapstick humor and so many misunderstandings, it could be an episode of Three's Company, for those old enough to remember. More interesting as a historical highlight for Temple and Tone than for the story itself.
    9overseer-3

    I confess ... I LOVED it!

    I admit it, I'm just a sucker for these kind of romantic comedy fluff movies! I'd much rather watch a delightful and charming romp like this than some of the greatest film dramas made! I prefer to giggle rather than weep when I watch a film. Am I alone in this preference? Somehow, I doubt it.

    Honeymoon stars Shirley Temple, all grown up (and looking prettier on film here than she ever did, before or after), and her character is in love with a soldier (Guy Madison) and wants to marry him, unfortunately in a foreign country. There's all kinds of paperwork to be done, so she tries to get the process expedited by using an older man, Franchot Tone (playing an American consul) as intermediary. He feels a sort of obligation to her because she's young and on her own (the soldier is supposed to meet her, but he gets sidetracked). Some very funny maneuverings keep placing her in Franchot's way, when he is trying to romance a lady of his own age, and his betrothed becomes jealous. Soon Shirley's character is developing a crush on the older man and becoming impatient with her own fiancée's boyish qualities.

    There's a great pool scene where Shirley walks out in a pretty and modest bathing suit, but boy! does she look simply stunning! The film has a rather conventional, predictable ending, but we still enjoy it, because it feels right anyway and is pretty funny. I wonder why the script ended with "I now pronounce you ... legally married." How odd. What happened to "man and wife"?

    TCM airs this May-December romance several times a year. Don't miss it, especially if you are a Shirley or Franchot fan. They're so cute together!

    9 out of 10
    9Maleejandra

    Diving on Top of a Gem

    Honeymoon is a sweet comedy starring two very capable actors. Shirley Temple is all grown up here, almost, as a seventeen year old who wants to wed her soldier boyfriend. The two plan to meet in Mexico City, but problems arise with arriving on time. They only have a short amount of time to marry so they want to make use of all the time they have as man and wife. However, absolutely everything happens to prevent that from happening. Temple enlists the help of a man from the American Consolate (Franchot Tone) to assist her, but she causes more problems for him than he could ever imagine.

    Temple is certainly different than the little girl everyone remembers her as. She does the same movements with her mouth, but she has matured into a very beautiful young woman. She has a knack for comedy so she excels in this film. Tone equals her. He is older than in his Joan Crawford days, but he has the same sweet face and strong acting talent. He seems to have gotten smarter over the years which enables him to be a dominant figure as well as a funny one.

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    • Trivia
      The same year this film bombed at the box office, Shirley Temple was also in one of the biggest hits of her "post child star years," co-starring with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy in The Bachelor and the Bobby-soxer, which grossed more than five times what Honeymoon did.
    • Goofs
      When Flanner is running after Barbara, he distinctly mispronounces her name in calling after her, saying "Miss Armstead" instead of Olmstead.
    • Quotes

      David Flanner: Intuition? That's a woman's infallable way of coming to wrong conclusions!

    • Soundtracks
      Ven Aqui
      Music by Leigh Harline

      Lyrics by Mort Greene

      Performed by Mário Santos, Shirley Temple and chorus (uncredited)

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    • Release date
      • March 16, 1949 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Luna de miel en México
    • Filming locations
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • RKO Radio Pictures
      • Vanguard Films
      • William Keighley Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 14m(74 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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