Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) Directed by Leo McCarey
Comedy / Romance / War
Film Review
Director Leo McCarey and actor Cary Grant followed up their first
collaboration, the hit comedy The Awful Truth (1937), with
this convoluted wartime comedy-drama in which Grant is paired, somewhat
unsuccessfully, with Ginger Rogers. The film is entertaining
enough and delivers some good laughs but is weighed down by its wartime
propaganda messages, which have about as much subtlety as a poster with
the words "Fight Hitler or he will eat your babies raw".
Rogers' limited skill as an actress has never been more apparent but
Grant makes up for this deficit, turning in another of his delectably
smooth performances.
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Film Synopsis
Vienna, 1938. An American socialite Katherine Butt-Smith - in
truth a one-time stripped named Katie O'Hara - is about to get
married to the influential Baron Von Luber. Suspecting that her
husband-to-be is a Nazi sympathiser, reporter Pat O'Toole tries to
interview Katie, but is frightened off by Von Uber. When Katie
and the Baron move on to Prague, Pat follows and learns that Von Luber
is selling dud weaponry to the Czech military. Shortly before
Czechoslovakia falls to the Nazis, the Baron and Katie move on again,
this time to Poland. Having learned the truth about her husband,
Katie flees to Paris, via several other European countries, with
Pat. As the French capital falls to the Germans, Katie allows
herself to be recruited as an American secret agent, much to the
annoyance of Pat, who only wants to head back home and live a quite
life...
Script: Sheridan Gibney (play),
Leo McCarey (story)
Cinematographer: George Barnes
Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
Cast:Cary Grant (Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole),
Ginger Rogers (Kathie O'Hara),
Walter Slezak (Baron Franz Von Luber),
Albert Dekker (Gaston Le Blanc),
Albert Bassermann (Gen. Borelski),
Ferike Boros (Elsa),
John Banner (German Capt. Von Kleinoch),
Harry Shannon (Ed Cumberland),
Natasha Lytess (Anna),
Fred Aldrich (German Storm Trooper),
Frank Alten (Official Saying 'Spontaneity'),
Felix Basch (Herr Kelman),
Brandon Beach (Civilian),
Walter Bonn (German Officer),
Ace Bragunier (Pilot),
Walter Byron (Guard),
Gordon B. Clarke (German Officer),
Hans Conried (Vienna Tailor's Fitter),
Alexis Davidoff (Traveler in Warsaw),
Boyd Davis (Chamberlain)
Country: USA
Language: English / French / German / Hebrew
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 117 min
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