Indiscreet 1958

     This film is based on a play titled Kid Sir by Norman Krasna starring Charles Boyer and Mary Martin.  The play opened November 4, 1953 and ran for 166 performances closing on March 27, 1954.  Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress and she lives in London.  She was on vacation in Majorca but she suddenly returns to her home because of a man she met.  Anna has become disillusioned about the men she has been meeting.  The current line they give is that they are married and unable to divorce.  She meets a work acquaintance of her diplomat brother-in-law and she’s attracted to him.  Economist Philip Adams claims the same line she has heard over and over but she is still drawn to him.  They begin seeing each other, Philip leases a flat below Anna in the building where she lives.  He takes a job in Paris with NATO and he regularly flies to London to be with Anna.

     You can tell that Anna has an immediate attraction to Philip and he feels the same.  People wait outside for Anna to sign autographs when she leaves public places.  She is wealthy and she lives in a very lavish apartment with a maid and butler.  She also has a Royals Royce to chauffeur Anna and Philip where they want to go.  Her gowns are exquisite and she wears fur coats.  There is a twist near the end that I didn’t see coming.  Everything changes after the twist and I don't think it's for the better.  It seems tacked on without thinking about it making sense?  3 ½* (I liked this movie)       

100 min, Comedy directed by Stanley Donen with Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Phyllis Calvert, David Kossoff, Megs Jenkins.

Note:  Imdb 6.8 out of 10, 100% critic l69% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, TCM Leonard Maltin 3* out of 4* user rating 4.7* out of 5*, Amazon 4.2* out of 5* with 188 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in London, Hertfordshire, London, England, UK.  Gloria Swanson also starred in a movie with the same title released in 1931.  Originally, it was announced that this film would be made with Marilyn Monroe or Jayne Mansfield and Clark Gable.  Grant and Bergman were slightly older and wiser.  It was thought they had greater relevance to 1958 audiences.  Remade with Robert Wagner and Lesley-Anne Down in 1988.  Said to be the favorite film of Nora Ephron.  Nominated for three Golden Globes, two BAFTAs and one Writers Guild of America award.  Listed on AFI’s 100 Years….100 Passions of 2002.