False Pretenses: Difference between revisions

False Pretenses
False Pretenses
	Still with Betty Compson, Sidney Blackmer, and Irene Ware.
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Written by	Ewart Adamson; Betty Burbridge
Produced by	George R. Batcheller
Starring	Irene Ware; Sidney Blackmer; Betty Compson
Cinematography	M. A. Anderson
Edited by	Roland D. Reed
Production; company	Chesterfield Pictures
Distributed by	Chesterfield Pictures
Release date	October 22, 1935;
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 02:56, 18 October 2023

False Pretenses is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Irene Ware.^[1]

Plot

When Mary Beekman (Irene Ware) loses her waitress job after a fight with her loutish boyfriend, trucker Mike O’Reilly (Edward Gargan), she stands at a bridge on a windy night, loses her pay check to the wind and leans over the guardrail to catch it, but socialite Kenneth Alden (Sidney Blackmer) catches her. He’s lost everything that is not already mortgaged. Both down on their luck, they assume that the other is there to jump off the bridge.

Instead, Mary has an idea. If Ken sells shares to a syndicate of his wealthy friends, in a phoney beauty product, they’ll have enough money for some clothes to pass Mary off in society long enough to meet and marry a wealthy bachelor. Then, they can pay everyone back with interest. The con might work, except that Ken has too much integrity to marry Clarissa Stanhope (Betty Compson) for money, and Mary is beginning to see his point when she falls for Pat (Russell Hopton), who has secrets of his own.

The plot boils over when Mike shows up to spill the beans. Pat's valet is a thief, who promised not to act foolishly, but escapes with a stolen tiara. Meanwhile, Mary plans to leave, so she shares a taxi to the station with Pat's valet. After a police chase, Mary is hauled off to the police station.

It looks like no one is going to end up with anything, but a bad reputation, but, what starts out dramatically ends comically, with everyone getting what he or she really wants out of life.

Cast

Irene Ware as Mary Beekman
Sidney Blackmer as Kenneth Alden (as Sydney Blackmer)
Betty Compson as Clarissa Stanhope
Russell Hopton as Pat Brennan
Edward Gargan as Mike O'Reilly
Ernest Wood as Tiffany Cortland
Lucy Beaumont as Miss Milgrim
Marshall Ruth as Gardner
Dot Farley as Mrs. Smythe

References

^ Canby, Vincent (2008). "New York Times: False Pretenses". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2008.

External links

[NY_Times-1] Canby, Vincent (2008). "New York Times: False Pretenses". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2008.

[1]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{short description|1935 film}}
-{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}}
+{{for|the term used in criminal law|False pretenses}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}
 {{Infobox film
 | name           = False Pretenses
@@ Line 8: / Line 10: @@
 | writer         = [[Ewart Adamson]]<br>[[Betty Burbridge]]
 | starring       = [[Irene Ware]]<br>[[Sidney Blackmer]]<br>[[Betty Compson]]
+| cinematography = [[M. A. Anderson]]
-| music          =
-| cinematography = M. A. Anderson
+| editing        = [[Roland D. Reed]]
-| editing        = Roland D. Reed
+| studio         = [[Chesterfield Pictures]]
-| studio         = [[Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation]]
+| distributor    = Chesterfield Pictures
-| distributor    = Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corp.
 | released       = {{film date|1935|10|22}}
 | runtime        = 68 minutes
 | country        = United States
 | language       = English
-| budget         =
 }}
-'''''False Pretenses''''' is a 1935 American [[comedy film]] directed by [[Charles Lamont]] and starring [[Irene Ware]].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite news |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/90956/False-Pretenses/overview |title=New York Times: False Pretenses |accessdate=2008-07-20|work=NY Times | first=Vincent | last=Canby}}</ref>
+'''''False Pretenses''''' is a 1935 American [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Charles Lamont]] and starring [[Irene Ware]].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|title=New York Times: False Pretenses|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/90956/False-Pretenses/overview|url-status=dead|access-date=July 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201173516/https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/90956/False-Pretenses/overview|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author-link=Vincent Canby|date=2008|archive-date=December 1, 2008}}</ref>
 ==Plot==
-When Mary Beekman ([[Irene Ware]]) loses her waitress job, after a fight with her loutish boyfriend, trucker Mike O’Reilly ([[Edward Gargan]]) she stands at a bridge on a windy night, losing her pay check through a windblown and leans over the guardrail of the bridge to catch it.
+When Mary Beekman ([[Irene Ware]]) loses her waitress job after a fight with her loutish boyfriend, trucker Mike O’Reilly ([[Edward Gargan]]), she stands at a bridge on a windy night, loses her pay check to the wind and leans over the guardrail to catch it, but socialite Kenneth Alden ([[Sidney Blackmer]]) catches her. He’s lost everything that is not already mortgaged. Both down on their luck, they assume that the other is there to jump off the bridge.
+Instead, Mary has an idea. If Ken sells shares to a syndicate of his wealthy friends, in a phoney beauty product, they’ll have enough money for some clothes to pass Mary off in society long enough to meet and marry a wealthy bachelor. Then, they can pay everyone back with interest. The con might work, except that Ken has too much integrity to marry Clarissa Stanhope ([[Betty Compson]]) for money, and Mary is beginning to see his point when she falls for Pat ([[Russell Hopton]]), who has secrets of his own.
-Socialite Kenneth Alden ([[Sidney Blackmer]]) catches her, thinking she wants to jump the bridge. He’s lost everything, which isn’t already mortgaged. Both down on their luck, they assume that the other is there to jump off the bridge.
+The plot boils over when Mike shows up to spill the beans. Pat's valet is a thief, who promised not to act foolishly, but escapes with a stolen tiara. Meanwhile, Mary plans to leave, so she shares a taxi to the station with Pat's valet. After a police chase, Mary is hauled off to the police station.
-Instead, Mary has an idea. If Ken sells shares to a syndicate of his wealthy friends, in a phoney beauty product, they’ll have enough money for some clothes to pass Mary off in society, long enough to meet and marry a wealthy bachelor. Then, they can pay everyone back, with interest.
+It looks like no one is going to end up with anything, but a bad reputation, but, what starts out dramatically ends comically, with everyone getting what he or she really wants out of life.
-The con might work, except that Ken has too much integrity to marry for money, to Clarissa ([[Betty Compson]]) (he loves since years) and, Mary is beginning to see his point, when she falls for Pat ([[Russell Hopton]])  who has secrets of his own.
-The plot boils over when Mike shows up to blow the lid off. Pat's valet is a thief, who promised not to act foolishly. But he escapes with a stolen Tiara. Meantime Mary thinks to leave as things don't work out, so she shares the taxi to the station with Pat's valet escaping with the Tiara. There’s a police chase. Mary is hauled off to the station.
-It looks like no one is going to end up with anything, but a bad reputation; but, it’s not over yet, in this curious, romantic comedy, about the social set, in 1930’s America, from Chesterfield films.<ref>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/mobile/m/false_pretenses/</ref>
 ==Cast==
-* [[Irene Ware]] - Mary Beekman
+* [[Irene Ware]] as Mary Beekman
-* [[Sidney Blackmer]] - Kenneth Alden (as Sydney Blackmer)
+* [[Sidney Blackmer]] as Kenneth Alden (as Sydney Blackmer)
-* [[Betty Compson]] - Clarissa Stanhope
+* [[Betty Compson]] as Clarissa Stanhope
-* [[Russell Hopton]] - Pat Brennan
+* [[Russell Hopton]] as Pat Brennan
-* [[Edward Gargan]] - Mike O'Reilly
+* [[Edward Gargan]] as Mike O'Reilly
-* [[Ernest Wood (actor)|Ernest Wood]] - Tiffany Cortland
+* [[Ernest Wood (actor)|Ernest Wood]] as Tiffany Cortland
-* [[Lucy Beaumont]] - Miss Milgrim
+* [[Lucy Beaumont (actress)|Lucy Beaumont]] as Miss Milgrim
-* [[Marshall Ruth]] - Gardner
+* Marshall Ruth as Gardner
-* [[Dot Farley]] - Mrs. Smythe
+* [[Dot Farley]] as Mrs. Smythe
-* [[John Picorri]] - Soutar (as John Piccori)
-* [[Herbert Clifton]] - Bleven
-* [[William Humphrey (actor)|William Humphrey]] - Newman (as William Humphries)
 ==References==
@@ Line 52: / Line 45: @@
 ==External links==
+{{commons category|False Pretenses (1935 film)}}
 *{{IMDb title|id=0026333|title=False Pretenses}}
-*[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/mobile/m/false_pretenses/ False Pretenses (1935), [[Rotten Tomatoes]]]
+*[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/mobile/m/false_pretenses/ False Pretenses (1935)], [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
-*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74504/False-Pretenses/ False Pretenses (1935), [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]].com]
+*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74504/False-Pretenses/ False Pretenses (1935)], [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]].com
 {{Charles Lamont}}
 [[Category:1935 films]]
-[[Category:1930s comedy films]]
+[[Category:1935 romantic comedy films]]
-[[Category:American films]]
+[[Category:American romantic comedy films]]
-[[Category:American comedy films]]
+[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
-[[Category:English-language films]]
-[[Category:Black-and-white films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Charles Lamont]]
+[[Category:Chesterfield Pictures films]]
+[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
+[[Category:1930s American films]]
+[[Category:English-language romantic comedy films]]