Retro: The Unquiet American
LAUGHTER
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
USA 1930
85 min
V'09
D’Arrast, who’s rightly beeing compared to Lubitsch, would have had a career in Hollywood if he would not have been quarrelling with the studio’s bosses most of the time. But so <![CDATA[<i>]]>Laughter<![CDATA[</i>]]>, an elegantly staged and smartly arranged cross between lovestory, comedy and critique on capitalism, remains as one of the few evidences of his great talent.
This film is screened together with <filmlink id=\"3105\">Joan Does Dynasty</filmlink>.
Credits
- Nancy Carroll
- Fredric March
- Frank Morgan
- Glenn Anders
- Diane Ellis
- Leonard Carey
Monta Bell