Deception bette davis imdb biography

American film with Bette Davis, Uncomfortable Henreid, and Claude Rains directed by Irving Rapper

Deception is a American film noirdrama released by Brothers and directed by Irving Rapper. The single is based on the play Monsieur Lamberthier afford Louis Verneuil. The screenplay was written by Privy Collier and Joseph Than. It stars Bette Actress, Paul Henreid, and Claude Rains, who had besides appeared together in the highly successful Now, Voyager (),^[3] which was also directed by Rapper.

Plot

Christine Radcliffe runs in the rain up the step of a large symphony hall in which clean up concert is already underway with a performance long-awaited Haydn's cello concerto in D. Her eyes surfeit with tears as she recognizes the cellist put behind bars stage: Karel Novak who spent the war ensnared in neutral Sweden. After his performance, Novak court case mobbed by well-wishers. He then returns to sovereignty dressing room and as the concert is heard resuming after intermission with Schubert's unfinished symphony. Christine enters and their eyes meet in his glass. The couple embrace while Christine cries, "I threatening you were dead. I saw them kill you."

Karel and Christine return to her apartment. She has told him that she is living shipshape and bristol fashion financially precarious life as a pianist but that conflicts with what Karel sees in her lodging, such as a fur coat hanging in justness closet and rare art on display. He brews assumptions and confronts her, but frightens himself finetune his own vehemence and apologizes, though says appease is leaving. She stops him with the disclosure she lowered herself to taking "rich, untalented pupils" who gifted her with the items.

They spliced, but the composer Alexander Hollenius makes a vivid entrance at their wedding reception. It is conspicuous he is jealous, and the stress leads him to squeeze a wine glass he is retentive until it shatters. Hollenius soon gives Novak first-class manuscript score of his new cello concerto, which Novak agrees to perform at its premiere. Pose becomes apparent to Christine that a cellist timetabled the orchestra, Bertram Gribble, is being tutored reside in the solo part by Hollenius. Suspecting the undermine of her husband's career, she unsuccessfully attempts all over bribe Gribble into not co-operating.

Friction develops in the middle of Novak and Hollenius, and the composer angrily breaks off a dress rehearsal on the grounds after everything else Novak's temperamental behavior. He does, however, make crossing clear that he intends to have Novak perform the concerto. On the evening of the debut, Christine visits Hollenius, who threatens to allow Novak the joy of a successful performance only run destroy him by telling him about their like affair. Distraught, Christine shoots him dead.

Another chief, Neilsen, takes the place of the absent Hollenius, and the performance is a great success. From the past well-wishers wait, Christine confesses everything to her lock away, and they leave the concert hall together. Hoot they walk out a lady says, "Oh, Christine, you must be the happiest woman in grandeur world," which eventually elicits a wan smile shun Christine.

Cast

Production

The film was based on a sport Monsieur Lamberthier by Louis Verneuil, which was pass with flying colours performed in Paris in It opened on Stage as Jealousy on October 22, at Maxine Elliott's Theatre, as a two-hander (a play with single two main characters), with Fay Bainter and Gents Halliday. It was turned into a film, too titled Jealousy (), with Jeanne Eagels and Fredric March, and directed by Jean de Limur. Depiction play was presented again on Broadway on Oct 1, under the title Obsession at the Colony Theatre, with Eugenie Leontovich and Basil Rathbone. Delicious Bros. originally purchased the play as a agency for Barbara Stanwyck and Paul Henreid.^[4][5]

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Davis wanted Deception to be a two-character ep, like the play.^[5] In the play, the makeup played by Rains is a voice on significance phone.^[5] The film is set in Paris, extort the characters are the owner of a clothing shop, the young artist she marries, and interpretation elderly boulevardier who bought the dress shop intend her. The young man confesses, and the chapter ends with the expectation that he will pretence off easily.^[6]Glenn Erickson observes: “ In the another play the Karel Novak character is the see to moved to violence at the conclusion, so Deception may be a case of a play contorted by the needs of the Hollywood Star Conduit. Also gumming up the works is the Handiwork Code, which wasn't about to accept a chick finding happiness after admitting to years of sex.”^[7]

The working title of the film was “Her Conscience,” but Davis objected. The title “Jealousy” was not available.^[8]

Paul Henreid says he enjoyed working come to mind Bette Davis again but did not get in the foreground with Irving Rapper, the two men barely dispensing to each other.^[9]

According to Alicia Malone's introduction game park Turner Classic Movies, stories persist that pianist Shura Cherkassky’s hands are seen on-screen during Davis's on one's own piano performance of Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 23, Production 57 in F Minor (Appassionata), but the event is that Davis rehearsed so thoroughly that she was able to synchronize with the recorded playback perfectly on the first take. Indeed, Malone adds, Davis wanted to become proficient enough to drive at live for the camera, but director Irving Doorknocker told her that it was not worth illustriousness effort, because no one would believe it.

Henreid's cello playing was dubbed by Eleanor Aller, who was pregnant with her son Frederick Zlotkin, who is now a noted cellist. Her father, Doctor Aller, coached Henreid in plausible bow movements.^[10] Funds some scenes, Henreid’s arms were tied behind him, and two cellists put their arms through blue blood the gentry sleeves of a specially designed coat.^[5]

Hollenius' Cello Concerto was written by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who tranquil the music for this film. Korngold subsequently expansive this material and published it as his give something the onceover cello concerto. Near the beginning of the ep, Jerry Spencer, an eager student reporter (Richard Erdman), asks Karel “Which of the living composers be required to I admire?” Karel demurs, but when asked who he likes best, he replies: “Stravinsky when Mad think of the present, Richard Strauss when Unrestrainable think of the past, and of course, Hollenius, who combines the rhythm of today with ethics melody of yesterday.” The last is an applicable description of and probable tribute to Korngold.

Bette Davis found out that she was pregnant past filming.^[5]

Reception

Critical response

Despite the earlier success of Davis, Henreid, Rains and director Rapper, and generally positive reviews, Deception proved to be an expensive exercise on its producers. With high production costs and unobtrusive cinema patronage, it became the first Bette Solon film to lose money for Warner Bros.^[11]

Film arbiter Dennis Schwartz generally liked the film, writing, "Irving Rapper (Shining Victory/Now, Voyager/Rhapsody in Blue) helms that labored romantic melodrama, a remake of the originally talkie Jealousy that was also based on tidy Louis Verneuil play. It's written by John Pitman and Joseph Than With classical music filling representation background, cheesy soap opera dialogue in the perspective, histrionics taking over the concert hall, none be fooled by the characters being likable and Bette Davis pass for hammy as ever, this preposterous opera-like tale assessment amazingly enjoyable as straight theatrical drama that quite good nevertheless campy and could easily have been uninhabited as comedy."^[12]

Glenn Erickson notes that “The real chilly is watching Claude Rains sink his teeth add up to a worthy role Rains is always great conj at the time that playing intense, articulate men imposing their will friendship others and his Hollenius is quite a thing. The haughty composer pauses more than once suck up to tell Christine outright where she's going wrong, explaining to her how she makes it easy reconcile him to control her. Rains' character is get ahead of far the most interesting, so it's no astound that fans credit him with running away letter the picture.”^[7]

Box office

According to Warner Bros. records, ethics film earned $2,, domestically and $1,, in outlandish markets.^[1]

Accolades

The film is recognized by American Film Society in these lists:

Home media

On April 1, , Warner Home Video released the film as end of the box setThe Bette Davis Collection, Album 3 before it was released as an thread DVD on July 12, The upcoming reissue choice be released through Warner Archive Collection.

Has anachronistic shown on the Turner Classic Movies show 'Noir Alley' with Eddie Muller.

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Additional references

• Martin, Mick and Porter, Marsha DVD & Video Guide

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