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| producer = [[Buddy G. DeSylva]] |
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| writer = [[Buddy G. DeSylva]]<br>[[Bert Hanlon]]<br>David Butler<br>Ben Ryan |
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| writer = [[Buddy G. DeSylva]]<br>[[Bert Hanlon]]<br>David Butler |
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| cinematography = [[Arthur C. Miller]] |
| cinematography = [[Arthur C. Miller]] |
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| editing = [[Irene Morra]] |
| editing = [[Irene Morra]] |
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| studio = [[Fox Film Corporation]] |
| studio = [[Fox Film Corporation]] |
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| distributor = Fox Film Corporation |
| distributor = Fox Film Corporation |
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| released = {{Film date|1933|09|22}} |
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| runtime = 73 minutes |
| runtime = 73 minutes |
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| country = United States |
| country = United States |
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| language = English}} |
| language = English |
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'''''My Weakness''''' is a 1933 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[musical film]] directed by [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]] and starring [[Lilian Harvey]], [[Lew Ayres]] and [[Charles Butterworth (actor)|Charles Butterworth]].<ref>Solomon, p. 175</ref> It was the second of four films made by the British-German actress Harvey in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]], who had emerged as major star during [[Weimar Germany]]. |
'''''My Weakness''''' is a 1933 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[musical film]] directed by [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]] and starring [[Lilian Harvey]], [[Lew Ayres]] and [[Charles Butterworth (actor)|Charles Butterworth]].<ref>Solomon, p. 175</ref> It was the second of four films made by the British-German actress Harvey in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]], who had emerged as major star during [[Weimar Germany]]. |
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It both was and wasn't the first mainstream Hollywood film to use the word "[[gay]]" as a descriptor of [[homosexuality]]. In one scene, [[Charles Butterworth (actor)|Charles Butterworth]] and [[Sid Silvers]] commiserate over their miserable, hopeless shared love for [[Lilian Harvey]], until Butterworth is struck by a solution: "Let's be gay!" However, the Studio Relations Committee censors decreed that the line had to be muffled.<ref>Vieira, Mark A., Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood, Abrams, 1999, pg. 133</ref> |
It both was and wasn't the first mainstream Hollywood film to use the word "[[gay]]" as a descriptor of [[homosexuality]]. In one scene, [[Charles Butterworth (actor)|Charles Butterworth]] and [[Sid Silvers]] commiserate over their miserable, hopeless shared love for [[Lilian Harvey]], until Butterworth is struck by a solution: "Let's be gay!" However, the Studio Relations Committee censors decreed that the line had to be muffled.<ref>Vieira, Mark A., Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood, Abrams, 1999, pg. 133</ref> |
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A wealthy young man bets that he can turn a |
A wealthy young man bets that he can turn a cleaning woman into a sophisticated lady and trick three men into wanting to marry her. |
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[[Category:Films scored by Cyril J. Mockridge]] |
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[[Category:1930s American films]] |
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[[Category:English-language musical films]] |
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Latest revision as of 03:59, 30 September 2024
| My Weakness | |
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| Directed by | David Butler |
| Written by | Buddy G. DeSylva Bert Hanlon David Butler Ben Ryan |
| Produced by | Buddy G. DeSylva |
| Starring | Lilian Harvey Lew Ayres Charles Butterworth Harry Langdon |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
| Edited by | Irene Morra |
| Music by | Arthur Lange Cyril J. Mockridge |
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| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
My Weakness is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by David Butler and starring Lilian Harvey, Lew Ayres and Charles Butterworth.[1] It was the second of four films made by the British-German actress Harvey in Hollywood, who had emerged as major star during Weimar Germany.
It both was and wasn't the first mainstream Hollywood film to use the word "gay" as a descriptor of homosexuality. In one scene, Charles Butterworth and Sid Silvers commiserate over their miserable, hopeless shared love for Lilian Harvey, until Butterworth is struck by a solution: "Let's be gay!" However, the Studio Relations Committee censors decreed that the line had to be muffled.[2]
Plot
[edit]A wealthy young man bets that he can turn a cleaning woman into a sophisticated lady and trick three men into wanting to marry her.
Cast
[edit]- Lilian Harvey as Looloo Blake
- Lew Ayres as Ronnie Gregory
- Charles Butterworth as Gerald Gregory
- Harry Langdon as Dan Cupid
- Sid Silvers as Maxie
- Irene Bentley as Jane Holman
- Henry Travers as Ellery Gregory
- Adrian Rosley as Baptiste
- Mary Howard as Diana Griffith
- Irene Ware as Eve Millstead
- Barbara Weeks as Lois Crowley
- Susan Fleming as Jacqueline Wood
- Marcelle Edwards as Marion
- Marjorie King as Lillian
- Jean Allen as Consuello
- Gladys Blake as Mitzi
- Dixie Francis as Dixie
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.
External links
[edit]- My Weakness at IMDb
- My Weakness at AllMovie
- My Weakness at the TCM Movie Database
- My Weakness at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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