That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
1941 · Feature film · 84 min · dir. Ernst Lubitsch
It's a serious problem for a lady with the hiccups, and he is it!
- romantic comedy
- comedy of remarriage
Synopsis
That Uncertain Feeling is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas and Burgess Meredith. The film is about the bored wife of an insurance salesman who meets an eccentric pianist and seeks a divorce. The screenplay by Walter Reisch and Donald Ogden Stewart was based on the 1880 French play Divorçons by Victorien Sardou and Émile de Najac.
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Writer
- Donald Ogden Stewart
- Cinematography
- George Barnes
- Studio
- Ernst Lubitsch Productions, Sol Lesser Productions
- Released
- 1941-04-20
- Running time
- 84 minutes
Cast & crew
Ernst Lubitsch Director
Rolfe Sedan
Olive Blakeney
Richard Carle
Alan Mowbray
Eve Arden
Harry Davenport
Bess Flowers
Merle Oberon
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · certainty isn't everything · gullibal · 2013-06-13
I loved this movie; such a sweet light touch, so gentle but quicksilver. the trick i think is to not assign unnecessary weight to the significance of the production. This is theatre on film, drawing room comedy with perhaps less critical mass shuffling players on and off stage, and more fun in following their thinking. gender politics pretty respectful, a story mired in love not hate, its kind of a shame it rests on such bitter vetch as adultery. Melvyn Douglas makes of his insurance salesman someone fundamentally decent. Those kind of acting skills, charisma, reach, whatever, belong to a…
★★★★ · 4 stars · earplay · 2009-02-23
A light romantic comedy. It's well-acted, well-paced and, even though it was made in '41, words like "psychobabble", "metrosexual" and "shopaholic" apply. Not exactly Sex in the City, mostly because it's funnier and the characters are interesting.
★★★ · It's no Ninochka · keygrip · 2009-09-13
You can't better Ernst Lubitsch for screwball comedy,but somehow,although it has it's moments,this one doesn't quite come off. Merle Oberon is miscast and we should have seen more of ace wisecracker Eve Arden. One that got away from Ernst, but still worth watching.
★ · stupid · jcliff · 2009-02-22
this its the stupidist movie,I ever seen.Do not watch this movie it is a total waste of time.I give it 1 star.
