Irene

Irene (1940)

Irene O'Dare, empleada de un tapicero, conoce al rico Don Marshall mientras mide las sillas de la señora Herman Vincent en su finca de Long Island. Encantado por la jovencita, Don compra anónimamente Madame Lucy, una exclusiva boutique de Manhattan, e instruye al nuevo encargado, el Sr. Smith, para que ofrezca a Irene un trabajo como modelo. Ella pronto llama la atención de Bob Vincent, un famoso cuya madre organiza un baile en la mansión familiar. Con el fin de promover la línea de vestir de Madame Lucy, el Sr. Smith se las arregla para que sus modelos sean invitadas a la fiesta.

Fecha de estreno
1940-04-23
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (8)
Duración
1 h 43 min
Géneros
Comedia, Romance, Música
Director
Herbert Wilcox

Reparto

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Irene is a 1940 American musical film produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox. The screenplay by Alice Duer Miller is based on the libretto of the 1919 stage musical Irene by James Montgomery, who had adapted it from his play Irene O'Dare. The score features songs with music by Harry Tierney and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy.

Production

For nearly two decades following its original 1919 production at the Vanderbilt Theatre, Irene — with a total run of 675 performances — held the record for the longest-running show in Broadway theatre history. In addition to the 1926 silent film Irene, the musical also was adapted for a June 1936 Lux Radio Theatre production starring Jeanette MacDonald and Regis Toomey.

The film was shot in black and white with the exception of a Technicolor sequence that begins at Mrs. Vincent's society ball when Bretherton's jaw drops as he looks up to see Irene coming downstairs. Don and Irene dance to an instrumental version of "Alice Blue Gown," and the sequence ends at the O'Dare's apartment, where Irene sings the song to her grandmother and friend.

The song is replayed as an installment of Rex Gordon's Moviebone News, a spoof of the Movietone News shorts that were popular at the time. Irene's dress—and the song—have become world-famous, and performers from Peoria to Paris, from Hawaii to Harlem give their versions of the song.

Johnny Long and His Orchestra make cameo appearances in the film.

This version downplays the "Madame Lucy" character. Other versions of Irene present "Lucy" as a very campy gay man.

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