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My Weakness
My Weakness
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
Production; company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	September 22, 1933;
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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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

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

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

^ Solomon, p. 175
^ Vieira, Mark A., Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood, Abrams, 1999, pg. 133

Bibliography

Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.

External links

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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[1] Solomon, p. 175

[2] Vieira, Mark A., Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood, Abrams, 1999, pg. 133

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-'''''My Weakness''''' is a 1933 American [[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 [[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]].
 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>
+==Plot==
+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==
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 * [[Henry Travers]] as Ellery Gregory
 * [[Adrian Rosley]] as Baptiste
-* [[Mary Howard de Liagre|Mary Howard]] as Diana Griffith
+* Mary Howard as Diana Griffith
 * [[Irene Ware]] as Eve Millstead
 * [[Barbara Weeks (film actress)|Barbara Weeks]] as Lois Crowley
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 ==External links==
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+* {{allMovie title|106489}}
+* {{TCMDb title|id=84420}}
+* {{AFI film|7275}}
 {{David Butler}}
 [[Category:1933 films]]
-[[Category:American films]]
 [[Category:American musical films]]
-[[Category:1930s musical films]]
+[[Category:1933 musical films]]
-[[Category:English-language films]]
+[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by David Butler]]
-[[Category:20th Century Fox films]]
+[[Category:Fox Film films]]
-[[Category:Films made before the MPAA Production Code]]
 [[Category:American black-and-white films]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Arthur Lange]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Cyril J. Mockridge]]
+[[Category:1930s American films]]
+[[Category:English-language musical films]]