Jewel robbery 1932 precode light one up democratic. The great jewel robbery game parker brothers, 2 to 4 players, 60 minutes, 1970. Kennington talkies continues the kay francis season with jewel robbery, a 1932 american precode comedymystery film, directed by william dieterle and costarring william powell. A gentleman thief charms a viennese barons wife and also.
A gentleman thief charms a viennese barons wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers. Ernst lubitschs elegant continental comedy, trouble in paradise was also released that year and shared two things in common with jewel robbery a plot involving professional thieves and kay francis who starred in both. In a plot worthy of a hollywood heist film, thieves mingled with visitors at an exhibition in venice on wednesday and made off with gems worth millions. I am always one to jump on an opportunity to watch william powell, and i enjoyed him paired with kay francis in one way passage incidentally from the same year, but in this pairing, the two flounder in a. Released 1932, jewel robbery stars william powell, kay francis, helen vinson, hardie albright the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 8 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Jewel robbery 1932 william dieterle, william powell, kay. Jul 07, 2011 jewel robbery 1932 besides an entirely uninspired title, jewel robbery is a film busy with destroying an otherwise great plot concept. Jewels stolen from venice exhibition in daytime heist cnn.
At the same time, she toys with the affections of her current lover albright. Feb 14, 2015 jewel robbery 1932 and redheaded woman 1932 february 14, 2015 jewel robbery 1932 the first time i saw this film was at cinefest in syracuse, some 20 odd years ago. Union depot 1932 passed 1h 7min comedy, drama, romance 18 april 1932 sweden travelers of different and varied backgrounds meet and interact on one night in a metropolitan train station and its environs. It was such a hit that when toronto film society was planning their may weekend with guest film historian bill everson only two months. Jewel robbery 1932 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The devonshire park theatre, eastbourne used under its real name. Jewel robbery 1932 william dieterle related allmovie. Based on ladislaus fodor s ekzerrabalas a vaciuccaban, jewel robbery was directed by william dieterle the white angel, 1936, was one of five movies kay and dieterle made together, and began filming march 2, 1932, concluding in early april. It was directed by william dieterle and has many tieins to a movie from the same year called trouble in paradise, most likely being its spiritual successor, but is the most remembered from audiences, to the point of being one of the most iconic movies from hollywoods preproduction code era. Jewel robbery is a 1932 american precode comedymystery film, directed by william dieterle and starring william powell and kay francis. Bank robbed inside huntley jewel huntley, il patch. Her rich husband, franz henry kolker, seems not to notice. Find similar and related movies for jewel robbery 1932 william dieterle.
Starring kay francis and william powell, this film is shamefully unavailable in any format. Jewel robbery 1932 stream and watch online moviefone. Powell steals the show here to be sure, in a charismatic and likable role, even as a criminal with impure. Based on a play by ladislaus fodor and adapted for the screen by erwin s. Prior to entering the film industry, he was already experimenting with aerial photography. When a suave jewel thief powell takes over the store, they flirt shamelessly, but he still steals her new ring. First of all, baron franz henry kolker is not a looker. Find movie and film cast and crew information for jewel robbery 1932 william dieterle on allmovie. Think of all the noir films that stand the test of time, the crime dramas that populate the current airwaves and movie theaters, the bestselling books with criminals at their core.
The film almost seems to serve as a pretest for kay before her marvelous work in ernst lubitschs trouble in paradise 1932, but to associate jewel robbery with any other film takes away from its distinction. Jewel robbery 1932 passed 1h 8min comedy, crime, romance august 1932 usa a gentleman thief charms a viennese barons wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers. Jewel robbery 1932 081932 us romance, comedy, crime 1h 8m user score. Jewel robbery official trailer dieterles direction gives this film a breakneck comic pace as powell plays a debonair master thief who charms his victims while his henchmen steal the jewels. This is a very precode film and thats what makes this so much fun. Jewel robbery feels like a film that could have only been made in 1932. Gelsey, jewel robbery revolves around the affair between a bored and very married baroness played by francis and a suave jewel thief played by william powell. Ibdb internet broadway database archive is the official database for broadway theatre information. Dec 11, 2017 tcf bank in huntley jewel robbed huntley, il a man wearing a wig and sunglasses robbed the tcf bank inside a jewel osco in huntley sunday afternoon. In this film, we are, of course, meant to root for the affair between the wife and thief, but i confess that this time i felt for the wronged husband, probably because the poor guy had so much stacked against him. This very entertaining movie features two great stars in the lead roles in a fastpaced and occasionally surprising film. Jewel robbery is a 1932 comedy film starring william powell and kay francis. Jewel robbery passed 1h 8min comedy, crime, romance august 1932 usa a gentleman thief charms a viennese barons wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers. Precode film about a debonair jewel robber powell of course who robs jewelry stores and calms everyone down by.
Posted july 25, 2019 by kristen lopez 1 comment on jewel robbery 1932 1930s jewel robbery 1932 the second of two kay francis features i saw this weekend as part of kimberly truhlers the style of sin series, jewel robbery is considered one of francis best films and its easy to see why. Jewel robbery 1932 is a unique heistromance from warner brothers starring william powell and kay francis. Kurrle, was an american cinematographer during the silent and early talking film eras. First up is the lightasair romantic crime caper jewel robbery from 1932, which features kay francis in a role similar to her society girlthief target role in the same years trouble in paradise. This is a trailer, the full movie or the marijuana scenes arent available online. However, tcm will be showing jewel robbery on september 4 at 8. The story is solid, but the real drive here is the film s humor and the cast goes all in to make sure it works to its full potential, especially william powell. At a vienna jewelry shop, the baroness teri francis delights in the 28 carat diamond ring her dull husband has bought her. You wont believe what is going on before your eyes in an old blackandwhite 1930s film considering how straightlaced they became.
Jewel robbery 1932 kay francis and william powell for. Jun 21, 2008 jewel robbery is a delightful precode romance set in vienna. Jewel robbery reflects the comic virtuosity of actors and actresses and directors in an eclectic hollywood too soon to be stifled by the code. The list contains the best, new and most relevant jewel robbery movies ordered by relevance. Considered a very prominent cinematographer, even his early work received notice and praise from both critics and other industry professionals.
With william powell, kay francis, helen vinson, hardie albright. One of the reasons jewel robbery is an awesome precode. Jul 11, 2012 powell headlines in jewel robbery and lawyer man, while his jewel costar francis works late with david manners in man wanted all three directed by cinema maestro william dieterle, who in turn. Rarely have there been a robbery more gentlemanly done then this. The incredible jewel robbery was an episode of general electric theater, broadcast by cbs on march 8, 1959. Robert kurrle february 2, 1890 october 27, 1932, also known as robert b. Jewel robbery 1932 jewel robbery is an unusual film about an elegant jewel thief william powell and his willing victim, a wealthy but unhappily married baroness kay francis. Its become a cliche by now to say that movies from the precode era roughly 193034 were ahead of their time in their irreverent attitudes, but william dieterles comic fantasy for warner bros. It was made during that magical precode era where what women want was actually a focus, depicted without shame or denigration. Jewel robbery was originated and produced first, and its one of the better comedies movies of the early 1930s, with kay. Airing on tcm right now, and during robert ozbournes description, he mentions the jewel thief using marijuana smoke to distract his victims. Kay francis, little known to most movie buffs today, sparkles as a liberated, adventuresome and bored wife of a doting, not doddering exactly, but boring rich hubby.
Find similar and related movies for jewel robbery 1932 william dieterle on allmovie. Behindthescenes of john waynes last film the shootist 1976 duration. Jewel robbery, however, is not on the same level as trouble in paradise. Jewel robbery is a delightful precode romance set in vienna. William powell and his gang pulloff a well executed jewel heist, where once again powell falls for kay francis, a lady who is bored but married to money. William powell and kay francis share more than a love of jewelry in this sparkling precode romantic comedy directed with a lubitschlike touch by william dierterle.
I dont know if it played outside the big cities, but it sure would have shocked small. The erotic edge of looming danger, the sexual charge of a sure and confident touch, the thrilling distinction between true refinement and mere formality electrify this 1932 hollywood drama. Precode film about a debonair jewel robber powell of course who robs jewelry stores and calms everyone down by giving them his special ciggerettes tickets to you tim and getting them high. Here shes teamed up with william powell, her leading man in the previous for the defense, ladies man, and street of chance, with the tragic. It was the first appearance of the three marx brothers together in the same scene since a night in casablanca in 1946, although they had appeared in individual scenes in the story of mankind in 1957, and in pairs in love happy in 1949 chico and harpo appear together. Though unfortunately eclipsed by ernst lubitschs trouble in paradise, a true masterpiece made in the same year and also starring kay francis, jewel robbery is a wonderfully urbane and risque precode comedy about a suave jewel thief powell who. A hundred years of heist films jun 11, 2009 with that in mind, we take a look back at the long and colorful history of the heist film generally speaking, movies featuring intricate plots to steal something, be it money, diamonds, or entire modes of transportation to revisit ten decades of heists and capers on celluloid. Girls about town jewel robbery american cinematheque. Nov 28, 2011 jewel robbery 1932 is a unique heistromance from warner brothers starring william powell and kay francis. This film might have been one of the reasons the code was put into effect. Feb 28, 2014 william powell and kay francis share more than a love of jewelry in this sparkling precode romantic comedy directed with a lubitschlike touch by william dierterle. Based on the true story of the 1963 british royal mail robbery, this late 60s british caper film was directed by peter yates a year before he made the action classic bullitt in the states. Released july 21, 1932, william powell is ideally cast, thought variety.
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