La femme rêvée

Original title: Dream Wife

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5.9/10

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Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, and Betta St. John in La femme rêvée (1953)

A business tycoon decides to wed a Middle Eastern princess whose customs dictate the pair must live apart for several months before marrying. Even more complications settle in when the tycoon's ex-fiancée is assigned to chaperone the pair.

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A business tycoon decides to wed a Middle Eastern princess whose customs dictate the pair must live apart for several months before marrying. Even more complications settle in when the tycoo... Read allA business tycoon decides to wed a Middle Eastern princess whose customs dictate the pair must live apart for several months before marrying. Even more complications settle in when the tycoon's ex-fiancée is assigned to chaperone the pair.A business tycoon decides to wed a Middle Eastern princess whose customs dictate the pair must live apart for several months before marrying. Even more complications settle in when the tycoon's ex-fiancée is assigned to chaperone the pair.

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5.9/10

2.3K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
After making this film Cary Grant announced his retirement from acting in February 1953. However, 18 months later he agreed to return to acting in La main au collet (1955).

Goofs
When Effie is served Arak by the Khan, she is informed that it is a wine made from rice. In fact, Arak is an licorice-flavored liquor made from distilled late-harvest grapes mixed with aniseed.

Quotes
Clemson Reade: We haven't been able to make a definite plan since we met.
Effie: Well, we went to Vermont for two weeks.
Clemson Reade: Yes. Yes, that's right. To her grandfather's farm. For two wonderful relaxing weeks in glorious Vermont.
Walter McBride: Tim'll be there in September.
Clemson Reade: We spent *one* day there. She had to leave to take care of the crisis in the Sahara; some of the sand was missing.
Effie: Well, you stayed on.
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Connections
Featured in American Masters: Cary Grant, gentleman acteur (2004)

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Ghi Ti, Ghi Ti, Ghi Ti
By Charles Wolcott and Jamshid Sheibani

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6/10

dated movie is a window into post-War, 50s culture

This film is a fascinating look at our culture's post WWII attitude towards women and the Middle East. The movie showcases the big message of get-the-women-back-into-the-kitchen that followed the War. As for our attitude towards Islamic peoples, it IS all about oil as far as our government in this film is concerned. The rulers are fabulously wealthy and exotic, the portrayal of them and their customs betray Hollywood's gross ignorance of the peoples and the religion. The princess' dance (seductive and Martha Grahamish) in the opening scene says it all. The women in the court all wear short sleeves. No one bothered to find out anything about the religion, it would seem. The behavior of the 'Bakistanis' is made up only to create comic moments, no matter how inaccurate, unseemly or unrealistic.

The plot is silly and implausible, but it's fun to watch Grant and Kerr in their first on screen performance.