Biography of benevento cellini, devil may care prince of goldsmiths, lover and liars, set against the lush richness of the renaissance. Constance bennett in the affairs of cellini 1934 constance bennett and fredric march in the. Nov 23, 20 the affairs of cellini is an 80minute bedroom farce set in 16th century florence, of all things. The affairs of cellini 1934, with frederic march and fay wray pre. The 16thcentury sculptor woos the duchess of florence despite the. Feb 17, 2016 in 1934, hollywood came out with a hilarious if less than entirely masterly film called the affairs of cellini, based on a popular stage play, but ultimately of course on benvenuto cellinis riproaring autobiography. The film was adapted by bess meredyth from the play the firebrand of florence by edwin justus mayer. Outer banks star madelyn cline answers our five burning questions about her favorite film genre, her tv crush, and more.
The affairs of cellini 1934, with frederic march and fay. He was known as one of the entertainment worlds most delightful prevaricators. The affairs of cellini 1934 james higgins 20100214 constance bennetts performance may not ring true, but frank morgan more than makes up for it and he gives a delightful performance. The affairs of cellini movie quotes rotten tomatoes. Benvenuto cellini, florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and writer, one of the most important mannerist artists and, because of the lively account of himself and his period in his autobiography, one of the most picturesque figures of the renaissance. Aug 09, 2016 biography of benevento cellini, devil may care prince of goldsmiths, lover and liars, set against the lush richness of the renaissance. Historical movies fall into one of three categories. Benvenuto cellini is an interesting main character. When he enters the royal palace of the medicis, he instantly has eyes for the duchess of florence constance bennett, who openly returns his ardor. The hit common clay 1930 launched her in a series of loose lady and unwed mother roles, but she really excelled in such sophisticated comedies as the affairs of cellini 1934, ladies in love 1936, topper 1937 and merrily we live 1938. With constance bennett, fredric march, frank morgan, fay wray. Further shooting was cancelled, and stroheim spent the next seven months assembling the footage into a sixhour film, which was then taken away from him and edited down to two hours. Constance campbell bennett october 22, 1904 july 24, 1965 was an american actress. Bennett was born in new york city, the daughter of actor richard bennett and actress adrienne morrison, whose father was the stage actor lewis morrison morris w.
From wikipedia constance campbell bennett october 22, 1904 july 24, 1965 was an american actress. Set against the rich lushness of the florence renaissance, the story follows the artist as he woos the town duchess. The affairs of cellini 1934 0824 1934 us comedy, drama, history 1h 20m user score. The affairs of cellini 1934 cast and crew benvenuto cellini fredric march is a goldsmith, artist, womanizer and swashbuckler known throughout florence, italy. Frank morgan, constance bennett and fredric march in the film. Fredric march stars in this biography of 16th century sculptor benvenuto cellini. The film was begun by max ophuls, the most visually perfect director of them all, and then completed after his. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. She was a major hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s and for a time during the early 1930s, she was the highestpaid actress in hollywood, as well as one of the most popular. The affairs of cellini 1934 the movie database tmdb. And yet so visual is the affairs of cellini that it appears to be a silent with dialogue. The cellini salt cellar in vienna called the saliera, italian for salt cellar is a partenamelled gold table sculpture by benvenuto cellini. Actor constance bennett movies list, constance bennett. The duchess tries to trick cellini into romancing her, but he escapes from the palace with angela, now fond of alessandro.
The affairs of cellini is an 80minute bedroom farce set in 16th century florence, of all things. Alessandro, the duke of florence morgan is about to condemn benvenuto cellini march to death, but the duchess bennett persuades him to spare the goldsmithadventurer, whos often in trouble. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Fredric march plays the tempestuous, amorous cellini, who spends as much time in swordplay with jealous husbands as he does in his artists loft. Her classy blonde looks, husky voice and unerring fashion sense gave her a distinctive style. Film and stage actor and theater director philip seymour hoffman was born in the rochester, new york, suburb of fairport on july 23, 1967. It was completed in 1543 for francis i of france, from models that had been prepared many years earlier for cardinal ippolito deste. He was the son of marilyn loucks, a lawyer and judge, and gordon stowell hoffman, a xerox employee, and was mostly of german, irish, english and dutch. Part two, the honeymoon, was only partially completed when pat powers had to abandon the financing, and the entire production was turned over to paramount.
Cellini, by flattery and colorful lies, succeeds in saving himself from death on more than one occasion. The affairs of cellini approved 1h 19min comedy, drama, history 24 august 1934 usa the 16thcentury sculptor woos the duchess of florence despite the duke. Frank morgan, constance bennett and fredric march in the. Bennett next showed her versatility in the likes of our betters 1933, bed of roses 1933 with pert kelton, after tonight 1933 costarring with future husband gilbert roland, the affairs of cellini 1934, after office hours 1935 with clark gable, the original topper 1937, in a career standout as marian kerby opposite cary grant, a. Morgan is a hilarious performer and he steals the movie as the bumbling duke anytime he is on the screen he was nominated an academy award for this role. Hes a seducer, but the film shows him to be quite awful at it. Publicity photo of constance bennett for the affairs of the cellini 1934. Benvenuto cellini fredric march is a goldsmith, artist, womanizer and swashbuckler known throughout florence, italy. Naturally a silent film wouldve been a little different. This makes me suspect much of the original was left untouched. It should be noted that this film is not technically precode. She started off with a spell in a convent but decided to go into the family business. It happened one night won best picture at the 7th academy awards on february 27, 1935.
Both the duke and duchess have an eye for beauty and other. It is a comedy of sorts but it is one weird comedy. If this be sin 1949 myrna loy peggy cummins roger livesey aka that dangerous age duration. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. The affairs of cellini 1934 cast and crew moviefone.
While very predictable, the film does offer a few laughs such as the remarks and comments about angelas ugly mother. Constances younger sister was prominent actress joan bennett. Basically, the affairs of cellini is a sitcomstyle period piece. The actress appeared in about 100 movies but her fame is inextricably tied to the hours she spent. It was in the affairs of cellini that morgan developed the rascally, intriguing hesitancy of speech that endeared him to film and radio audiences. Constance bennett, frank morgan, and fay wray also star in the film. In 1934, hollywood came out with a hilarious if less than entirely masterly film called the affairs of cellini, based. In traditional screwball comedies, the various paramours and ingenues, schemers and hapless bystanders really didnt have anything greater at risk than their own hearts and possibly their social standing. The affairs of cellini 1934, with frederic march and fay wray proof that its precodeish.
Cellini in english with contextual examples mymemory. Sep 03, 2012 if this be sin 1949 myrna loy peggy cummins roger livesey aka that dangerous age duration. Cellini salt cellar wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm.
Alessandro, the duke of florence morgan is about to condemn benvenuto cellini march to death. And a good, if minor example, is the moment that bennetts duchess purposely drops a purse for marchs cellini to pick up. The affairs of cellini 1934 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Independent, cultured, ironic and outspoken, constance, the first bennett sister to enter motion pictures, appeared in new yorkproduced silent movies before a meeting with samuel goldwyn led to her. Cellini, resisting the efforts of his father to train. Constance campbell bennett october 22, 1904 july 24, 1965, was an american stage, film, radio and television actress. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. The 16thcentury sculptor woos the duchess of florence despite the duke. The affairs of cellini wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. The affairs of cellini is one odd movie that i do not know exactly to make of. Morris, a performer of english, spanish, jewish, and african ancestry. The affairs of cellini is based on edwin justus mayers popular stage play the firebrand, which in turn was based on the life and times of renaissance artistpolitical reactionary benvenuto cellini. The affairs of cellini 1934 benvenuto cellini fredric march is a goldsmith, artist, womanizer and swashbuckler known throughout florence, italy. This movie was made 5 years before the wizard of ox and i see frank morgans role here, has been carried over to the wizard role.
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