Saturday 27 December 2014

Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942 Leo McCarey)

Strange but engaging film, starts as charming comedy-romance between reporter Cary Grant (who's very smiley) and engaged Ginger Rogers, develops into political thriller about Nazi spread through Europe helmed by her husband Walter Slezak. Albert Bassermann is in it just long enough to be (bloodily) bumped off; Albert Dekker is an undercover agent.

Features some distinctly mad stuff from McCarey and co-writer Sheridan Gibney, lit by George Barnes, for RKO. Quite long, too.

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