Bolero (1934)

Regista:

Wesley Ruggles

Writers:

Kubec Glasmon (story)
Horace Jackson (writer)

Data di uscita:

23 febbraio 1934 (USA)

Genere:

Drama

Slogan:

He rose to fame on a ladder of dancing ladies!

Plot:

This is the story of an egotistical nightclub dance performer named Raoul, his determination to succeed at all costs...

Recensioni degli utenti:

Save the last dance for me.

Cast

George Raft	...	Raoul De Baere
Carole Lombard	...	Helen Hathaway
Sally Rand	...	Annette
Frances Drake	...	Leona
William Frawley	...	Mike DeBaere
Gertrude Michael	...	Lady D'Argon
Ray Milland	...	Lord Robert Coray
Gloria Shea	...	Lucy

Durata:

85 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Bianco e nero

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

USA:Approved

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Curiosità:

Carole Lombard replaced Miriam Hopkins.

Citazioni:

Raoul De Baere: I'm too good for this joint.

Movie Connections:

Citato in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV)

Colonna sonora:

Raftero

Save the last dance for me.

In his eighties extravaganza "Les Uns et Les Autres" ,Claude Lelouch tried a new choreography for le Bolero de Maurice Ravel.It cannot hold a candle to the wonderful Raft/Lombard dancing.This extraordinary finale has also emotion and heart going for it,an emotion totally absent of Lelouch's too perfect and terribly cold sequence.

The story takes place in France 1910.A miner (Raft) becomes a Danseur Mondain.He 's not interested in his female partners and is a real heart breaker.His only purpose is to marry a rich woman.Enter a gorgeous woman (Lombard) who registers the same desire :she 's looking for a money match.So both agree not to fall in love with each other.

Outside the finale ,best scene is the first interrupted ballet : Raft realizes his military audience is not watching them ,talking about the war which has just begun.So they stop dancing and the band segues from Ravel's work to "La Marseillaise" oddly sung in English.