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An Ideal Husband (1947)
Director: Alexander Korda
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Producer/director Korda had fellow Hungarian Lajos Biro adapt Wilde's play for this rather turgid screen version, which has imported American star Goddard as a reasonable Mrs Cheveley, the Victorian adventuress whose blackmail attempt on politico Williams is stymied by nobleman Wilding's decisive counter-attack. Lots of technical gloss on display, including costumes by Cecil Beaton and Georges Périnal's elegant camerawork, but the film is so reverent towards its source material it's almost embalmed.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Alexander Korda
Producer: Alexander Korda
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Hugh Williams, C Aubrey Smith, Glynis Johns, Constance Collier, Michael Medwin full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 96 mins
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