It was directed by william dieterle and has many tieins to a movie from the. Jewel robbery is a lot of fun with francis at the height of her powers. Pursued 1947 the gunfighter 1950 high noon 1952 the halliday brand 1957. Later the house is put up for sale and events lead the estate agent to conclude that the jewels may still be there. Linscription est necessaire pour regarder le film en 1080p hd. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. A gentleman thief charms a viennese barons wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers. Nicole86 francis could never do comedy, but powell kind of made up for both of them. These online training courses are getting really interesting. Some of the most interesting film noir derivatives were the film noir westerns of the 1950s. Jewel robbery 1932 film sa prevodom online hd filmovi. When a suave jewel thief powell takes over the store, they flirt shamelessly, but he still steals her new ring. Zonetelechargement streaming is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to.
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. Jewel robbery 1932 movie clip kindly put up your hands first appearance of the star william powell, never named throughout the picture, in his suave invasion of a vienna jewelry store, baroness kay francis gasping with her cordial husband and lover henry kolker, hardie albright, lee kohlmar the jeweler, in warner bros. Kay francis plays a rich woman who enjoys being pampered by her servants and expensive. At the same time, she toys with the affections of her current lover albright.
Jewel robbery, however, is not on the same level as trouble in paradise. William powell and kay francis made a delightful team, second only to powell and loy my absolute favorites in films like this, one way passage, ladies man, for the defense and several others. At a vienna jewelry shop, the baroness teri francis delights in the 28 carat diamond ring her dull husband has bought her. Based on a play by ladislaus fodor and adapted for the screen by erwin s. The film has the look and feel of a sophisticated paramount. The script is delightful with its banter and the two leads relish in their respective roles. Jewel robbery was originated and produced first, and its one of the better comedies movies of the early 1930s, with kay. The elegant powell,armed with marijuana,finds a willing and sophisticated woman kay,to pull off a robbery with style. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as hes about to be captured. The incredible jewel robbery was an episode of general electric theater, broadcast by cbs on march 8, 1959. The film stars david brian, marjorie reynolds, john archer, jacqueline dewit, perdita chandler and stanley church.
Jewel robbery is a movie made by grownups, written for grownups and starring grownups. 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 is a 1932 comedy film starring william powell and kay francis. He was so good that he was promoted to directing their regular films and jewel robbery was only his fourth. 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. Jewel robbery gledajte filmove s titlovima besplatno. Jewel robbery 1932 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Across the hall from him is a theatrical producer, ed opalson and his actresswife margaret. The great jewel robber is a 1950 american drama film directed by peter godfrey and written by borden chase. A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of its rich lady owner. Jewel robbery is a 1932 american precode comedymystery film, directed by william dieterle and starring william powell and kay.
One way passage is the acknowledged classic and jewel robbery is almost as good but for some reason, is virtually forgotten day except for precode. This page was last edited on 12 february 2020, at 22. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival. 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. This one almost qualifies as a costumer as everyone is in evening dress, this being 1932. It is based on the 1931 hungarian play ekszerrablas a vaciutcaban by ladislas fodor and its subsequent english adaptation, jewel robbery by bertram bloch. Jewel robbery movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Jewel robbery reflects the comic virtuosity of actors and actresses and directors in an eclectic hollywood too soon to be stifled by the code. While being robbed, wealthy but married kay francis falls for suave jewel thief william powell. Jewel robbery 1932 movie clip kindly put up your hands. 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. Jewel robbery is a 1932 american precode comedymystery film, directed by william dieterle and starring william powell and kay francis. Charming heist film with a perfect combination of wit and charm. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish it.
I have been waiting for jewel robbery, one of the films included in this collection for a long while i have a vhs copy taped from tcm a long time ago i remember the intro on tcm discussed the fact that when the film came out, viewers contacted the studio not to complain about the marijuana use in the film, but instead asking where they. This is one of those precode films from that tiny window where sound had come in, the depression was on and the production codes werent rewriting movies like jewel robbery. Agatha christies poirot s05e08 jewel robbery at the grand metropolitan. Join us for the screening of jewel robbery 1932 at the 2020 tcm classic film festival in hollywood april 16 19. Harpo has a number of lockpicks and they break into a variety of stores steal the policemans uniform, lights, wire, hand tools, paint, a ring salami and a bagel. It is the third significant jewel theft from hotels in the cannes area in just over two months. Precode film about a debonair jewel robber powell of course who robs jewelry stores. General electric theater the incredible jewel robbery. 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. Ive always loved heist films in a new series about great film makers, go behind the scenes with james marsh on the set of his new film about a surprising jewel robbery. Her rich husband, franz henry kolker, seems not to notice.
William powell and kay francis share more than a love of jewelry in this sparkling. Voir en jewel robbery 1932 vf gratuit film complet. William powell and kay francis in jewel robbery 1932 kay francis in jewel robbery 1932. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Agatha christies poirot s05e08 jewel robbery at the grand. Another odd aspect of this unusual film is that powell gives his victims marijuana cigarettes to smoke, to make them passive and jovial.
It aired on tcm the other morning and i cant tell you what a refreshing break it was from what passes for modern comedy. This film is entertaining enough and has its moments. 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. If you use the handy link below a small portion will be donated to this site. The term film noir has also been more widely applied to other categories of films. An enticing trio of suave silver screen seducers lies at the heart of this fourth collection of precode.
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