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During World War I, a young French woman struggles to choose between two suitors: a blind soldier to whom she is engaged and an American serviceman.During World War I, a young French woman struggles to choose between two suitors: a blind soldier to whom she is engaged and an American serviceman.During World War I, a young French woman struggles to choose between two suitors: a blind soldier to whom she is engaged and an American serviceman.
Ernie Alexander
- One of the Doughboys
- (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel
- Maj. Russart
- (uncredited)
John Carroll
- Doughboy
- (uncredited)
Drew Demorest
- Doughboy
- (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
- Soldier in Russart's Office
- (uncredited)
Seymour Kupper
- Teen-Age Boy
- (uncredited)
George Magrill
- Military Policeman
- (uncredited)
Douglas Scott
- Sylvestre
- (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
- Doughboy
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFirst shot as a silent film (which exists), this was recast and re-shot as an all-talkie film. The silent version was released overseas and on a very limited basis domestically.
- GoofsThe soldiers ask Marianne to imitate Maurice Chevalier, so she sings "Louise." That song was written in 1929, more than a decade after WWI ended.
- Alternate versionsAlthough two versions of this film were shot, a talkie and a silent, and both of them exist, there was also a third version that MGM used to show this film in Argentina. The majority of the footage was lifted from the silent version (with an added soundtrack with music and effects) and all of the songs from the sound version were also included.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Big Parade (1925)
- SoundtracksLa Marseillaise
(1792) (uncredited)
Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Played after French mobilization for World War I
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when the US comes to town
I first learned of Marion Davies when I saw the HBO movie "RKO 281", about William Randolph Hearst's attempts to stop "Citizen Kane" from getting released (Melanie Griffith played Davies). I've finally seen her in her first talkie. Robert Z. Leonard's "Marianne" is nothing special on its own, depicting a US platoon coming to a small town in France during World War I. A lot of the humor derives from the troops' arousal at the sight of the title character, played by Davies. Since this got made before the Hays Code, there's one line that I'm sure couldn't have gotten included just a few years later (you'll know it when you hear it).
I understand that Davies was usually a comedienne. I haven't seen most of her work, so I can't judge how much this movie uses her talent. Sometimes I get the feeling that she mainly got put onscreen for her looks (she WAS a real babe).
All in all, the movie's nothing spectacular. I guess that it wasn't intended to be laugh-out-loud funny like the Marx Brothers. Worth seeing, if only once.
I understand that Davies was usually a comedienne. I haven't seen most of her work, so I can't judge how much this movie uses her talent. Sometimes I get the feeling that she mainly got put onscreen for her looks (she WAS a real babe).
All in all, the movie's nothing spectacular. I guess that it wasn't intended to be laugh-out-loud funny like the Marx Brothers. Worth seeing, if only once.
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- lee_eisenberg
- May 16, 2024
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