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Actors: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Once Upon a Honeymoon |
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ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON is a movie directed by Leo McCarey in 1942. The picture earned one nomination for the Academy awards.
The setting is Vienna in 1938. Ginger Rogers, an american show girl, is on the verge of marrying the Austrian Baron Von Luber. Rather naive and uninterested in politics, she's unaware that Von Luber is devoted to the Nazis and prepares with them the military invasion of the country.
Cary Grant, a journalist, falls in love with Ginger while trying to obtain an interview for his newspaper. During the next months, Cary Grant will follow the now married couple through Poland, Holland, Belgium and Czechoslovakia, countries which, one by one, will be invaded by the German army. Thanks to him, Ginger will finally understand the role played by her husband in Hitler's foreign policy. She will then leave Von Luber and try secretly to reach France with Cary.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Once Upon a Honeymoon |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Kind of conflict:
- war (general)
- war, WW II
Lover is...
- criminal/bad doer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) fat
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- drowning
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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