I Adore You (film)

This article is about the film. For the song by Adore Delano, see I Adore U. For other songs with similar titles, see Adore You.

I Adore You
Trade advertisement from The Daily Film Renter (5 January 1934)[1]
Directed byGeorge King
Written byPaul England
Based onoriginal story by W. Scott Darling
Produced byIrving Asher
StarringMargot Grahame
Harold French
Clifford Heatherley
O. B. Clarence
Peggy Novak[2]
Music byCarroll Gibbons[3]
Production
company
Warner Bros-Teddington[4]
Distributed byWarner Bros
Release date
  • 1933 (1933)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

I Adore You is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by George King and starring Margot Grahame, Harold French and Clifford Heatherley.[5] Errol Flynn appears as an extra.[6] It was written by Paul England based on an original story by W. Scott Darling. Choreography was by Ralph Reader, a protege of Busby Berkeley.[7]

Preservation status

The British Film Institute has classed I Adore You as a lost film.[8] Its National Archive holds no film or video materials.[5]

Plot

Norman Young wants to marry Margot Grahame but her contract with a producer prohibits her from marrying during a five-year period. Norman spends millions to take over the contact.[9]

Cast

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "A bright, unassuming song and dance show, a cheeky challenge to the type of entertainment at which the Americans are so adept, slight in story values, but bolstered up by spirited back studio detail in which satire and showmanship play a prominent part. The principal players thoroughly enter into the free and easy spirit of the entertainment, novel ideas are introduced into the dance ensembles that decorate the development, and the original numbers are interpreted by Caroll Gibbons and his Savoy Orpheans Band. Useful light entertainment for the masses and popular audiences."[10]

The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Story slight, but tinged with genial satire on picture-making and interspersed with bright song numbers and cleverly arranged dance ensembles. ... Capably directed and artistically mounted. Should prove a good popular booking."[11]

Picturegoer wrote: "Unpretentious but quite bright song and dance show, which is very slight in story values but is backed up by good backstage detail and some novel ideas in dance ensembles. ... Settings are not too elaborate, but they are effective, and there is a free and easy atmosphere about the whole thing which is quite pleasing."[12]

Picture Show wrote: "0. B. Clarence is excellent as the old actor who is mistaken for the new owner. A series of musical comedy acts and some songs pad out the action."[13]

References

  1. ^ "I Adore You". The Daily Film Renter (2140): 6. 5 January 1934. ProQuest 3127085212.
  2. ^ "HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS AT THE PIER". The South Coast Bulletin. Southport, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 March 1934. p. 1. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Roxy Theatre". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 18 August 1934. p. 3. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  4. ^ "NEW MUSICAL FILM". The Mirror. Perth: National Library of Australia. 30 June 1934. p. 10. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. ^ a b "I Adore You". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Film Industry". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 15 February 1934. p. 14. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  7. ^ "A New British Musical With Unique Background". The Times and Northern Advertiser. Peterborough, South Australia: National Library of Australia. 18 October 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  8. ^ Eyles, Allen; Meeker, David, eds. (1992). "I Adore You". Missing Believed Lost: The Great British Film Search. British Film Institute. p. 49. ISBN 0851703062.
  9. ^ "Stage Screen and Art". The Australasian. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 23 June 1934. p. 16. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  10. ^ "I Adore You". Kine Weekly. 201 (1386): 21. 9 November 1933. ProQuest 2338271175.
  11. ^ "I Adore You". The Daily Film Renter (2089): 4. 3 November 1933. ProQuest 2594656715.
  12. ^ "I Adore You". Picturegoer. 3: 24. 3 February 1934. ProQuest 1771149000.
  13. ^ "I Adore You". Picture Show. 30 (773): 19. 24 February 1934. ProQuest 1880321702.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Adore_You_(film)