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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

All women take to men who have the appearance of wickedness
1947 | 112m | English

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A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.
Release Date: Apr 25, 1947
Director: Albert Lewin
Writer: Albert Lewin, Guy de Maupassant
Genres: Drama
Keywords journalist, manipulation, ambition, deception, duel, high society, rogue, scoundrel, war buddies, jilted woman, manipulated woman
Production Companies United Artists, David L. Loew Productions
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Aug 03, 2024
Entered: Apr 20, 2024
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Full Credits

Name Job
Albert Lewin Director, Screenplay
Darius Milhaud Original Music Composer, Conductor
Guy de Maupassant Novel
Robert Aldrich Assistant Director
Maria Matray Choreographer
Russell Metty Director of Photography
Gordon Wiles Production Design
Edward G. Boyle Set Decoration
Frank Webster Sound Engineer
Tom Lawless Special Effects
Gustaf Norin Makeup Department Head
Albrecht Joseph Editor
Frank Paul Sylos Art Direction
Norma Koch Costume Design
Robert H. Moreland Special Effects
Ern Westmore Makeup Supervisor
Rudolph Polk Music Supervisor
Ernst Matray Choreographer
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David L. Loew Producer
Ray Heinz Associate Producer
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Geronimo1967
7.0

George Sanders was always great as the cad, and rarely better than here. He is the seriously ambitious "Duroy" who decides that he can use woman as stepping stones to social acceptability. He's broke and jobless, but luckily encounters his war-time buddy "Forestiere" (John Carradine) who gets him jo ... b at a newspaper. Networking opportunities beckon. Initially, it's bar-fly "Rachel" (Rachel Wilson) who keeps him entertained, then he alights on the slightly more sophisticated "Clotilde" (Angela Lansbury) whom he has a genuine soft spot for, but she isn't going to get him anywhere near far enough up the greasy pole. For that he needs "Madeleine" (Ann Dvorak) and she not only opens an whole new social world, one that gets his mind set on a bit of malevolent manipulation and you just know that sooner or later his chickens are going to come home to roost. His unstinting ability too think only of himself is really quite entertainingly nauseous and somehow Sanders manages to encapsulate that selfishness and venality really quite smug and chillingly. There's the odd splash of colour in here, too, and with the ladies delivering strongly throughout - especially Lansbury but also Wilson too, this is a smartly written observation of dastardly deeds.

Jun 03, 2024