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Private Lives (1931)

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Summary: Elyot and Sibyl are being married in a big church ceremony. Amanda and Victor are being married by a French Justice of the Peace. Both couples go to a hotel on the same day and are put in adjoining rooms with adjoining terraces. Things go fine until Amanda sees her former husband Elyot on the adjacent terrace... (imdb)

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Genres: Comedy, Drama

Country: USA

Directed By: Sidney Franklin

Written By: Noel Coward, Hanns Kräly

Starring: Reginald Denny, George Davis, Una Merkel, Robert Montgomery, Jean Hersholt, Norma Shearer

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TCI	User	Score
na	billkerwin	71	T₂
Shearer and Montgomery have chemistry, but their performances are much too stagy and exaggerated for the movies--and this is, after all, the movies. They project a certain brittle elegance, but lack the true sophistication that this the play demands. Besides, this is a very British play, and I don't really think it works--or could work--with a couple of Americans.
na	NRM01	45	T₂
na	imdb	69	T₇
na	Theodora	64	T₄
na	Dally	70	T₅
na	soarom	95	T₁₀
Shearer and Montgomery deliver a captivating performance, and the electricity between them is intoxicating.