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13 June 1947 (Finland) morePlot:
In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. She enrolls at... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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I can see why Bette Davis turned down this script. moreCast
(Credited cast) | Rosalind Russell | ... | Louise Randall Pierson |
 | Jack Carson | ... | Harold C. Pierson |
 | Robert Hutton | ... | John Crane, ages 20-28 |
 | Jean Sullivan | ... | Louise Jr., ages 18-26 |
| Donald Woods | ... | Rodney Crane |
| Alan Hale | ... | Lew Morton |
 | Andrea King | ... | Barbara, ages 21-29 |
| Ann Doran | ... | Alice Abbott |
| Mona Freeman | ... | Barbara, ages 15-20 |
| Robert Arthur | ... | Frankie at 17 |
| Ray Collins | ... | Mr. John Chase Randall |
| John Qualen | ... | Svend Olsen |
| Kathleen Lockhart | ... | Mrs. Henrietta Louise Randall |
| Ann E. Todd | ... | Louise Randall as a child (as Ann Todd) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Irving Bacon | ... | Customer in music shop (unconfirmed) |
| Barbara Brown | ... | Relief worker (unconfirmed) |
| Chester Clute | ... | The proprietor (unconfirmed) |
| Andy Clyde | ... | Matt (unconfirmed) |
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117 minCountry:
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
Finland:SFun Stuff
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Factual errors: The young children toss a fuzzy duckling into the air and happily "watch" it as it supposedly flies up in the air. But ducklings have no feathers and cannot fly. moreSoundtrack:
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Granted, this movie is somewhat entertaining. Russell & Carson perform admirably, but there is something definitely missing in the screenplay. Perhaps depth of character. I never feel that I really understand the people portrayed in the film. The same year, the fantastic "Mildred Pierce" was released, also directed by Curtiz, and that film provides its leads with some of the "meatiest" roles of that year. Carson excels in that film, whereas his "Speaking" character just appears to drift in a one-note fashion, from one set piece to the next.
Russell's "Louise" is stalwart, to be sure, but also somewhat blindly perky, and hardly an early women's rights activist, as some would declare.
I suggest renting both "Pierce" and "Speaking" as a Curtiz double-feature, and witness just how essential strong source material is, in producing a truly successful film.