Frenchman's Creek (1944)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 112m
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone
Synopsis:
A London society lady hiding out in Cornwall to escape the unwanted attentions of a noble louse falls in love with a French pirate, and embarks on an adventure with him.
Review:
Paramount felt they could repeat the success of Selznick's great Du Maurier adaptation with this luxuriantly coloured romance filmed along the California coast. The results are not without elegance or élan, thanks to Leisen and a lavish production, but it is preposterous escapism, nothing more.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 112m
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone
Synopsis:
A London society lady hiding out in Cornwall to escape the unwanted attentions of a noble louse falls in love with a French pirate, and embarks on an adventure with him.
Review:
Paramount felt they could repeat the success of Selznick's great Du Maurier adaptation with this luxuriantly coloured romance filmed along the California coast. The results are not without elegance or élan, thanks to Leisen and a lavish production, but it is preposterous escapism, nothing more.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 112m
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone
Synopsis:
A London society lady hiding out in Cornwall to escape the unwanted attentions of a noble louse falls in love with a French pirate, and embarks on an adventure with him.
Review:
Paramount felt they could repeat the success of Selznick's great Du Maurier adaptation with this luxuriantly coloured romance filmed along the California coast. The results are not without elegance or élan, thanks to Leisen and a lavish production, but it is preposterous escapism, nothing more.