Bride of Vengeance
| Bride of Vengeance | |
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| Directed by | Mitchell Leisen |
| Written by | Michael Hogan Cyril Hume Clemence Dane |
| Produced by | Richard Maibaum |
| Starring | Paulette Goddard John Lund Macdonald Carey |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Edited by | Alma Macrorie |
| Music by | Hugo Friedhofer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Bride of Vengeance is a 1949 American
Plot
Cesare retreats, killing Michellotto, who wanted to continue the fight. In the final scene, the couple drink to their love.
Cast
- Paulette Goddard as Lucrezia Borgia
- Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
- Macdonald Carey as Cesare Borgia
- Albert Dekker as Vanetti
- John Sutton as Prince Bisceglie
- Raymond Burr as Michelotto
- Donald Randolph as Tiziano
- Charles Dayton as Bastino
- Anthony Caruso as Captain of the Guard
- Dick Foote as Negligent Sentry
- William Farnum as Conti Peruzzi
- Kate Drain Lawson as Gemma
- Nicholas Joy as Chamberlain
- Fritz Leiber as Filippo
- Rose Hobart as Lady Eleanora
- Douglas Spencer as False Physician
- Nestor Paiva as Mayor
- Frank Puglia as Bolfi
- Houseley Stevenson as Councillor
- Robert Greig as Councillor
- Don Beddoe as Councillor
- Billy Gilbert as Beppo
Reception
In a review for Los Angeles Times, Philip K. Scheuer wrote that "These people [...] are not kidding the parts and they are not fooling themselves; they are too smart for that. They know they have a dud and they are stuck with it--but as a last resort they are trying to put it over to the audience for whatever that audience may read into it--satire, history, melodrama or just a chance to get off its feet for an hour and half. On that last account 'Bride of Vengeance' probably qualifies. It is better than looking at a blank wall".[2]
Bosley Crowther of New York Times wrote that "Miss Goddard plays Lucretia as a grand-dame right out of a wardrobe room, with the suavity and voluptuousness of a model in a display of lingerie" and "[a]s Alfonso, addressed as 'Magnificence,' John Lund gives a fair picture of a nice American prankster got up for a fancy-dress ball," concluding the review with "Bride of Vengeance is an obvious masquerade".[3]
John M. Coppinger's review in The Washington Post stated that it was "simple, sheer, unadorned escapist stuff. As a work of art, it makes no pretensions. It's a lavish spectacle of hokum... No attempt has been made at accuracy in the presentation of this historical romance". Coppinger wrote that director Leisen "has gotten much comedy in a film which could easily have turned out to be a flop".[4]
Costuming (by
References
- ^ McKay p.11
- ^ Scheuer, Philip K. "'Bride of Vengeance' Odd Cinematic Venture." Los Angeles Times. 13 May 1949: 23. Via Proquest.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley. "The Screen in Review: Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey Play Borgias in 'Bride of Vengeance,' at Paramount." New York Times. 07 Apr 1949: 38. Via Proquest.
- ^ Coppinger, John M. "Need Escape? Try 'Bride of Vengeance'." The Washington Post. 24 June 1949: C7. Via Proquest.
- ^ Tinee, Mae. "The Costuming Is Chief Asset of Borgia Film: Bride of Vengeance." Chicago Daily Tribune. 06 June 1949: a7. Via Proquest.
Bibliography
- McKay, James. Ray Milland: The Films, 1929-1984. McFarland, 2020.
External links
- Bride of Vengeance at IMDb
- Bride of Vengeance at AllMovie
