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278:, but in court Anthony argues that he refused to sing for her because of her lack of appreciation for his talent, and the case is dismissed. Drexel and Allen, each of whom have realized the depth of their feelings for each other, arrange to meet outside the courtroom. Allen conceals himself in a doorway, and when Drexel walks by, he pulls her inside and proceeds to viciously spank her. They emerge a happy couple. Petroff calls a press conference at which he announces their union, and the couple signs their marriage license. 47: 273:
Drexel confronts Allen in the Sierra Madres, where she fails to convince him to return, but does attract his romantic interest. The two spend a tense but romantically charged weekend together, until a misunderstanding compels Cynthia to hastily leave. Now intrigued, Allen returns to Chicago with her
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and commented, "The picture itself is not nearly as black as this fortuitous circumstance has painted it." He praised Lawrence Tibbett's voice, calling it "the richest, the most dramatic, the most beautifully controlled vocal instrument on the contemporary screen, and no amount of soldiering by the
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Messrs. Schwartz and Dietz can disguise this amazing and gratifying phenomenon." In closing, he said, "Mr. Tibbett acquits himself as satisfactorily as could well be expected. The fact that the Tibbett voice could stand a more studiously thought-out setting will hardly be contested by any one."
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and makes a bet with her longtime suitor, the Count Raul du Rienne: either she can make the notoriously unavailable Allen sing at a private party, or else she will marry him. After the show, Drexel makes a deal with Petroff, offering him $ 15,000 ($ 288,187 in 2021 dollars) as a fee for his
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star Anthony Allen lives a privileged but controlled life, recording hit songs and drawing large crowds to performances while existing in constant strain with his agent Petroff, who imposes on him a stressful performance schedule and a near-constant chain of vacuous promotional stunts.
384:. Well under budget and ahead of schedule, principal photography was completed on September 15, and Zanuck was so pleased with Preminger's efficiency he signed him to a one-year contract at $ 1,000 per week, effective October 6. Prior to the film's release, its title was changed to 411:
The film opens with a lengthy tracking shot in a recording studio that established Preminger's preference for allowing camera movement to bind together all the elements of a scene. In another sequence, set during a trial, the director presaged his 1959 film
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appearance at a private party. Not knowing of this new arrangement, Allen is especially insulted by one final publicity stunt, fires Petroff, and flees with devoted manservant Botts, first to his hometown in
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belongings. He finds Drexel furious; she criticizes his singing and (falsely) tells him she has no romantic interest in him, as she is engaged to Count Du Rienne. Cynthia sues him for
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had written for the score, the other two being "My Little Mule Wagon" and "Amigo." Tibbet also performed "Largo al factotum" from
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in 1935, he was anxious to rid himself of the singer and thought Preminger could serve as his
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with his use of loud, overlapping dialogue to create a sense of courtroom reality.
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under contract, and following the commercial failure of the high-budget
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noted that the film had been released as the second feature of a
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socialite Cynthia Drexel sees Allen perform in a production of
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The World and Its Double: The Life and Work of Otto Preminger
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Otto Preminger had been working as an apprentice at
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and Bernice Mason. It was a remake of the American
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Index

Under Your Spell (film)
Under Your Spell (disambiguation)

Otto Preminger
Frances Hyland
Saul Elkins
Sy Bartlett
John Stone
Lawrence Tibbett
Wendy Barrie
Fred Allen
Arthur Lange
20th Century Fox
romantic comedy
Otto Preminger
Frances Hyland
Sy Bartlett
Spanish-language
Las fronteras del amor
New York City
opera
Chicago
Gounod's Faust
New Mexico
Sierra Madres
breach of contract
Lawrence Tibbett
Wendy Barrie
Gregory Ratoff
Arthur Treacher

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