Indiscreet (1931) [Comedy]
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- "Indiscreet" is an American comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Gloria Swanson and Ben Lyon. The screenplay by Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson, based on their story Obey That Impulse, originally was written as a full-fledged musical, but only two songs - "If You Haven't Got Love" and "Come to Me" - remained when the film was released.
The plot of the United Artists release centers on fashion designer Geraldine Trent (Swanson), who takes up with novelist Tony Blake (Lyon) after leaving her former beau Jim Woodward because of his many indiscretions with other women. Tony has indicated he has no interest in dating a woman with a past, so Geraldine remains mum about her affair with Jim, until her younger sister Joan arrives and announces she's engaged-to Jim. Madcap complications ensue as Geraldine tries to keep her secret from Tony while convincing her sister to rid herself of her womanizing fiancé in favor of simple country boy Buster Collins.
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Directed by Leo McCarey, produced by Lew Brown, Buddy G. DeSylva and Ray Henderson, written by Buddy G. DeSylva (story & scenario), Lew Brown (story & scenario), Ray Henderson (story & scenario) and Leo McCarey, starring Gloria Swanson
and Ben Lyon.
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Source: "Indiscreet (1931 film)" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 21 June 2012. Web. 29 July 2012. en.wikipedia.or....
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Gloria Swanson had such beautiful eyes. Love all Her movies. The best of all time.
Didn't really appreciate Gloria Swanson until I saw this. She says more with her eyes that most actresses and actors do with their mouth.
As Art Director, Richard Day certainly captured the delightful Art Deco style of the 1930s. Later Day would go on to win seven Oscars for Art Direction and be nominated for another 13. His last nomination was for Tora! Tora! Tora! -- less than two years before his death.
my first time viewing this wonderfulness, so, thanks for the info 😊
What a surprise Gloria Swanson is. Did light comedy so well, great singing voice and WOW what a face and those eyes. I have zero idea why she didn't have more of a career when talkies were really in their prime. She had Bette Davis eyes before Bette Davis!!
A much more beautiful Gloria Swanson than 20 years later as the basilisk in "Sunset Boulevard." And I didn't know she could sing. (Although of course many actors take singing lessons, because it improves their stage voice.) But the later movie gave her a well-deserved Oscar nomination (sadly not the award).
Gorgeous young Gloria Swanson. One of my favorite movies. So many very funny lines.
Good Movie,slow@ first then picked up half way thru! Gloria Swanson had a nice singing voice& was quite attractive! I noticed actor that played Dagwood Bumstead in tv series playing boyfriend of Joan? I liked the ending of the movie,Fun& romantic! Thanks4 showing,TCM!
OMG Gloria Swanson was was much more beautiful then I ever thought her to be those eyes and when she let her hair go down what a beauty she was........
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Her life,..Her three year affair with Jos.P. Kennedy Sr.,....More fun than her films:
Kennedy, riding a wave of Hollywood success, met Swanson in NYC, gave
her a copy of the book, talked shop, and persuaded her to come to his
place in California. This time, and this time only, the Marquis was
invited as well. And here’s where it gets SO SO SO GOOD: Kennedy has an
underling take the Marquis out deep-sea fishing. All-day deep-sea
fishing. Kennedy appears at Swanson’s bedroom door and cries “No longer,
no longer. Now.” According to Swanson, “he was like a roped horse,
rough, arduous, racing to be free.” The encounter ended with a
“hasty climax.”
OMG GLORIA! By the time she left, “Joseph Kennedy had taken over my
entire life,” she said. She was in debt (too much underwear-buying) and
her dedication to independent production was simply not paying the way
her studio contracts had. She needed financial reorganization, and
Kennedy promised to provide it. Most importantly, he arranged for United
Artists to own both The Love of Sunya and Sadie Thompson - a good
short-term fix that would ultimately lose Swanson money after the latter became a big hit.
Kennedy took the Marquis out of the picture, sending him to France to
supervise production at Pathé, where Kennedy was a “special
consultant,” a.k.a. running the entire show. But this was no three-week
assignment: the Marquis was out of the picture for TEN MONTHS. (For what
it’s worth, Kennedy’s own wife was back in Massachusetts, recovering
from the birth of their eighth child.)
Swanson didn’t allow Kennedy to come to her house, didn’t allow
pictures, and spoke only in code over the telephone and telegram. She
was circumspect. Except for that time when Kennedy, discovering that
Swanson’s adopted son hadn’t been baptized (or named - they referred to
him as ‘Brother’), arranged for a christening. Swanson names him Joseph
(for her own father) Patrick (at Kennedy’s own Irish insistence). But
wait one second: GUESS WHO ELSE IS NAMED JOSEPH PATRICK?
Kennedy decides he’s going to prove to his “ultimate trophy mistress”
(as Swanson’s final husband later described it)
that he’s the most awesome producer in the universe. He takes the reins
on her next picture and hires the infamous Erich von Stroheim
to direct.
Now, hiring Von Stroheim as director in the early ’30s was akin to
hiring Terrence Malick today: if you do it, you’re asking for it. You’re
asking for huge production delays, obsessive editing (and re-editing),
secrecy, grand vision, and, if you’re patient enough, brilliance.
I imagine that Kennedy thought he could rein Von Stroheim in. He was
wrong. Von Stroheim convinces Kennedy and Swanson that the picture
should follow a Prince, engaged to a “mad queen,” who falls for a poor
convent girl (Swanson, naturally). He then KIDNAPS the convent girl and
takes advantage of her, which obviously pisses off the evil Queen, who
whips the convent girl and banishes her. She somehow ends up in East
Africa, where she marries a big-time loser and and becomes the “queen”
of a brothel. Hence: Queen Kelly. I’m not kidding; this is the plot.
The makings of an instant classic.
Three months into production, and Von Stroheim has a six hour cut
that covers only halfof the script. Even better, Swanson only appears in half of the
footage, as Von Stroheim was much more interested in the evil queen and
the put-upon rapist-kidnapper prince.
Kennedy tried to get other directors to take over the disaster, but
none would touch it. One just opts to cast Swanson in a quick-release
talkie-picture, The Trespasser, which wins Swanson a nomination
for Best Actress. (Swanson, like the rest of the silent stars, had
“appeared” on national radio when “talking” pictures first gained
traction to show that she could, indeed, weather the transition to
sound. Her task, like the other silent stars: show that her voice wasn’t
annoying.)
Meanwhile, Queen Kelly begins to fester. Kennedy tries to
turn it into a opera. I can seriously not think of a worse idea. The
budget is soaring towards $700,000, and it’s still only halfway
finished. They agree to axe the Africa ending and have Swanson herself
direct an “alternate” conclusion that they could then release
internationally.
But Swanson and Kennedy get in a tiff, Kennedy absconds
to New York City, and the press announces that he’s left filmmaking
forever. Swanson looks at her funds and realizes that Kennedy, ever the
clever accountant, has billed her production company for everything
associated with Kelly - including furs that Kennedy had ostensibly gifted
the star. Queen Kelly has a pitiful run, and the film goes down as one
the greatest quagmires of Hollywood history.
Swanson tries to restart her identity: she divorces the
long-suffering Marquis in 1930, and attempts to reinvigorate her career
with a bevy of talkies, none of them successful. She marries Michael
Farmer in 1931, gives birth to a second daughter, Michelle, in 1932. Her
career dwindles to nothing: yet another silent star who withered on the
branch, a glittering, if somewhat faded, artifact of cinema history.
She was all of 33 years old.
But Swanson does not disappear forever. She would go on to a second
act of her career that was nothing short of stunning - a true testament
to how well she understood her image and its place in Hollywood. So put
on some drapey silks, acquire a closet to fit a thousand shoes, and find
yourself a solid gold bathtub: La Swanson Part Two is coming for you.
www.thehairpin.com/2012/10/scandals-of-classic-hollywood-the-gloria-swanson-saga-part-one/
Thanks for posting it
To hand a man his hat in your apartment 4 times within the first 5 minutes of the film? That must be a major league record. Sadly, it was likely broken during the 2020 season. )
There has to be something missing at 9:03. The abrupt edit points this out. However, every print I've ever seen has that same edit. I will say though, this is one of the best-looking copies I've seen of this.
Thanks for the upload!
She certainly had a gift for comedy.
EXQUISITE GLORIA SWANSON ............BEAUTIFUL........................WONDERFUL......................VERY NATURAL ACTRESS
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Too little comedy and too much "all that."
Right. I finally called it quits at 19:27. Plodding.
Started bailling at 9:55 and was out by 24:00 Gave up on coy and baby talk girls about 60 years ago
This is a horrid mess unless you like baby talk coy women, in which this would be your cup of foolishness
Her eyes could say more than any dialogue, a sentence seemed like needless decoration over the language of her face and hands. I guess that's why I like her silent pictures so much...she does have a sweet voice though.