- Actors: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence, Kurt Kreuger
- Directors: Preston Sturges
- Writers: Preston Sturges
- Producers: Preston Sturges
- Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Paradox
- Release Date: July 19 2005
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0009HMTDU
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Preston Sturges has his great run in 1940-44, with a series of comedy masterpieces unparalleled in Hollywood film. 1948's Unfaithfully Yours proves that he still had the touch, if only he could have found a supportive studio for his genius. (It would've helped if Unfaithfully Yours had been a hit, which it was not.) Sir Alfred De Carter (Rex Harrison) is a witty, vain orchestra conductor, a celebrated man married to a beautiful woman (Linda Darnell). He becomes convinced of her infidelity, and while he is on the podium during a concert, he fantasizes three homicidal revenge fantasies--all set to the classics.
The conductor looks suspiciously like a self-portrait by Sturges, and the delicious dialogue comes pouring out of Rex Harrison like pearls from a goblet. The film's main disappointment is that it doesn't feature the teeming stock company of character actors that crowd Sturges's earlier pictures (although Rudy Vallee, Lionel Stander, and Edgar Kennedy come through nicely). The film, while morbid, is often laugh-out-loud funny, but it also has something sneakily brilliant to say about the gulf between art and life: how the exquisite timing and perfect mechanics of Sir Alfred's imagination come a-cropper when he actually tries to enact his fantasies. Unfaithfully Yours was remade in a not-bad version with Dudley Moore in 1984, but this one's the keeper. Too bad it couldn't save Sturges--this is the last worthy film in a too-brief career. --Robert Horton
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of Sturges' very best,
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This review is from: Unfaithfully Yours - Original (VHS Tape)
Only The Lady Eve forces me to edge this movie out of number-one spot among Preston Sturges' comedies. The dialogue is snappy as ever (Doltish husband: "Too much temperament! Give me the simple viewpoint!" His wisecracking wife: "You've got it, kid. You don't have to yearn for it.") but the slapstick of the finale is cleverer by far than any in his other movies. The use of music is inspired, both in Harrison's concert revenge-fantasies and in his later attempts to put them into action, when the music is spiked with comic effects. A little slow to get started, this movie soon enough develops a quirky, unpredictable, and completely fascinating story line. Don't deprive yourself of seeing this!
5.0 out of 5 stars
my favorite comedy,
By hardly_b (Palo Alto, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Unfaithfully Yours - Original (VHS Tape)
This is the 5th (and last) of Sturges' truly inspired comedies (the others being "Hail the Conquering Hero", "Miracle of Morgan's Creek", "The Lady Eve", and "The Palm Beach Story") and its failure at the box office is probably why it was the last. I find it incomprehensible that it failed -- it starts a little slowly, perhaps (although I actually quite like the beginning), but the last 30-45 minutes (after the concert) is just heaven. Basically the movie is a slapstick comedy, but surely the most sophisticated slapstick comedy ever, and what I find astonishing is how perfectly cast Rex Harrison turned out to be in a pratfalling role (?!?!?!?). My kids and I laugh out loud just thinking about the scenes in this movie, must less watching it. If you haven't seen this movie and ever liked ANY movie made before 1950, you should watch it. It really is fun for the entire family, and belongs in any video collection.
5.0 out of 5 stars
As gruesome as it is funny!,
By Dorothyanne "a classic" (Victorville, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Unfaithfully Yours - Original (VHS Tape)
Rex Harrison plotting murder! I never would have believed it! And to try to murder such a sweet girl as Linda Darnell seems utterly ridiculous! This movie was an absolute classic! I found it really interesting that he plotted out how to deal with his wife's infedelity while he conducted an orchestra. The things he plotted, though, were somewhat gruesome to watch, I must say. However, I have to say that the scenes in which Rex's character was trying to carry out his terrible scheme were very funny, and delightful to watch. I laughed until I cried when he was dealing with the irksome cane-bottom chairs. It isn't any wonder why his wife was so bewildered. I have to say that this is one of the funniest Rex Harrison movies I have ever seen and can readily suggest it to anyone who is up to a good laugh.
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