헨리의 사랑찾기 (1951)
On the Riviera
나이트 클럽 코미디언 잭 마틴(Jack Martin: 대니 케이 분)은 식상한 연기 때문에 사장에게 질책을 당하고, 참신한 오락 거리를 찾아내지 못하면 해고당할 위기에 처한다. 잭은 새로운 내용을 구상하느라 고심하던 중, TV에서 비행기 회사의 재정 고문인 헨리 듀란(Henri Duran: 대니 케이 분)의 인터뷰를 보게 되고 자신과 외모가 아주 비슷하자 헨리의 분장을 하고 무대에 서기로 한다. 잭의 연기는 나이트 클럽 사장은 물론, 많은 사람들의 호응을 얻는데, 특히 헨리의 바람기에 초점을 둔 연기에 헨리의 아내 릴리(Lilli: 진 티어니 분)가 큰 관심을 갖는다. 한편 갑자기 사업상 문제가 생겨 자금을 지원 받아야 할 상황이 된 헨리는 목적을 달성하기 위해 외국으로 떠나는데, 오히려 자금을 지원해 줄 만한 사람이 집에 와서 헨리를 만나고자 한다. 이때 잭이 헨리의 집을 방문하자 급한 불을 끄기 위해 회사 경영주는 잭에게 빌 행세를 할 것을 부탁한다. 큰돈까지 주겠다는 제의에 잭은 흔쾌히 이를 승낙하고 헨리의 노릇을 하며 릴리와 다정한 모습을 보여주는데...
출연진
- Danny Kaye — Jack Martin / Henri Duran
- Gene Tierney — Lili Duran
- Corinne Calvet — Colette
- Marcel Dalio — Philippe Lebrix
- Jean Murat — Felix Periton
- Henri Letondal — Louis Foral
- Clinton Sundberg — Antoine
- Sig Ruman — Gapeaux
- Joyce Mackenzie — Mimi
- Monique Chantal — Minette
- Marina Koshetz — Louise Cornet
- Charles Andre — Andre (uncredited)
흥미로운 사실
- 수상: 1 · 노미네이트: 2. 주요 수상: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
On the Riviera is a 1951 Technicolor musical comedy film made by 20th Century Fox. Directed by Walter Lang and produced by Sol C. Siegel from a screenplay by Valentine Davies and Phoebe and Henry Ephron, it is the studio's fourth film based on the 1934 play The Red Cat by Rudolph Lothar and Hans Adler. This version stars Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney and Corinne Calvet, with Marcel Dalio, Henri Letondal and Sig Ruman.
Production
The Red Cat, which was produced for the stage by 20th Century Fox's Darryl Zanuck, ran for only 13 performances, but the studio benefited from the film adaptations. The first two were directed by Roy Del Ruth: Folies Bergère (1935) stars Maurice Chevalier, Merle Oberon and Ann Sothern, and a 1935 French-language version, L'homme des Folies Bergère, stars Chevalier and Natalie Paley.
On the Riviera had trouble with the censors, who wrote: "the last part of the story...seems to be based in large measure on the suspicion of illicit relationships between the various characters." However, the final script was approved, with Lili's temporary confusion over the identity of the man with whom she spent the night intact.
Kaye's wife, songwriter and lyricist Sylvia Fine, wrote four pieces for the picture. One of those, Popo the Puppet, became a signature song for Kaye. In the film, it is presented as an elaborate production number with flying marionettes, seen over color television. On Sunday, May 20, 1951, The New York Times featured a four-column-wide photo of the French puppet sequence at the top of Page 225.
The color television sequences in this film would have fascinated the audience in 1951, when color TV was a rarity. The first color television broadcasts in the United States occurred in 1951 and 1953. (In France, where the film is set, the first color broadcast was in 1967.) Coaxial cable and closed circuit transmission preceded the broadcast format.
Gwen Verdon, credited as Gwyneth Verdon, appears in dance sequences choreographed and staged by Jack Cole. This was her first appearance on film.
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