Henry Koster, a director I know about less than I should, has HARVEY, THE BISHOP'S WIFE among his credits, but THE RAGE OF PARIS is the best work I have seen from him yet.
He keeps a steady hand over a screwball comedy that could easily spiral out of control by juggling the extraordinarily beautiful and sexy Danielle Darrieux opposite handsome Douglas Fairbanks Jr., with Louis Hayward, Mischa Auer, Harry Davenport and Helen Broderick also in top form. Excellent zany script by Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson fuels a polished final product that also boasts above average cinematography by ever reliable Joseph Valentine.
In all honesty, I loved every minute of THE RAGE OF PARIS just as I have always loved Danielle Darrieux, one of the most enticing women I have ever watched on the silver screen. In real life, she would soon go through a period of relationships with Gestapo and other German military officers in Paris that had the French resistance label her a Nazi collaborator and target her for execution.
Thankfully, that did not happen and she would rise to acting of the loftiest quality in MADAME DE, Lady Chatterley's Lover, LE SEPTIÉME CIEL, LES YEUX DE L'AMOUR, 5 FINGERS, and more.
Recommended viewing for any lover of comedy. 9/10.
He keeps a steady hand over a screwball comedy that could easily spiral out of control by juggling the extraordinarily beautiful and sexy Danielle Darrieux opposite handsome Douglas Fairbanks Jr., with Louis Hayward, Mischa Auer, Harry Davenport and Helen Broderick also in top form. Excellent zany script by Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson fuels a polished final product that also boasts above average cinematography by ever reliable Joseph Valentine.
In all honesty, I loved every minute of THE RAGE OF PARIS just as I have always loved Danielle Darrieux, one of the most enticing women I have ever watched on the silver screen. In real life, she would soon go through a period of relationships with Gestapo and other German military officers in Paris that had the French resistance label her a Nazi collaborator and target her for execution.
Thankfully, that did not happen and she would rise to acting of the loftiest quality in MADAME DE, Lady Chatterley's Lover, LE SEPTIÉME CIEL, LES YEUX DE L'AMOUR, 5 FINGERS, and more.
Recommended viewing for any lover of comedy. 9/10.