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Champagne for Caesar Overview:

Champagne for Caesar (1950) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Richard Whorf and produced by Harry M. Popkin, George Moskov and Joseph H. Nadel.

SYNOPSIS

An unemployed genius appears on a TV quiz show and forces the jackpot to 40 million dollars. The panic-stricken sponsor then hires a femme fatale to disable the human encyclopedia in this funny spoof on the quiz-show industry.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Champagne for Caesar BlogHub Articles:

For the Caftan Woman Blogathon: Champagne for Caesar (1950)

By The Lady Eve on May 5, 2022 From Lady Eve's Reel Life

In memory of our friend and world class classic film lover and blogger, Paddy, we gather to celebrate her with this, our Caftan Woman Blogathon: Honoring Patricia Nolan-Hall. Click here for links to all participating blogs.~I don't know exactly when Paddy and I first virtually met, but it must've be... Read full article

Champagne for Caesar (1950, Richard Whorf)

on Apr 18, 2020 From The Stop Button

What’s so frustrating about Champagne for Caesar is how little the film really would’ve need to do to be a success. It just needed a rewrite. Someone to come in and fix Hans Jacoby and Frederick Brady’s script, which is usually fine but they really can’t figure out what to do with Celeste Ho... Read full article

CMBA Fabulous Films of the 50s blogathon: Champagne for Caesar (1950)

By Caftan Woman on May 25, 2014 From Caftan Woman

The Classic Movie Blog Association sponsors the Fabulous Films of the 50s blogathon from May 22 to May 26. So many great movies and so many great posts. Ronald Colman stars as Beauregard Bottomley, the last scholar, in the delightful 1950 comedy Champagne for Caesar. As always, Colman is perf... Read full article

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Champagne for Caesar Quotes:

Beauregard Bottomley: If it is noteworthy and rewarding to know that 2 and 2 make 4 to the accompaniment of deafening applause and prizes, then 2 and 2 making 4 will become the top level of learning.
Gerald: Does Polly want a cracker?
Caesar (voice): Polly wants a drink, let's get loaded.*hiccup*
Gerald: He says the darnest things, doesn't he?
Caesar (voice): How about a short one, how about a short one?
Beauregard Bottomley: [to Caesar] You've had your quarter for the day. As I told you before, Gerald, neither I nor my sister taught him these expressions. His former master must have been the greatest reprobate since the emperor Nero.
Gwenn Bottomley: We found him one night leaning up against a lamppost. He couldn't remember where he lived.
Beauregard Bottomley: He still can't.
Gwenn Bottomley: Now we have him down to two drinks a day... soon we'll have him down to no drinks a day.
Caesar (voice): SQUAWK.
Beauregard Bottomley: Now you have frightened him. Caesar, Caesar...
Caesar (voice): CHAMPAGNE.
Beauregard Bottomley: No, no, sorry, you must rough it for a while.
Burnbridge Waters: I have an idea. I want to find what the average man thinks of it. Then when we've found out what he thinks of it, we'll change his thinking.
Burnbridge Waters: How DARE you fall in love on my time. This is dishonest, treacherous and UN-american.
Burnbridge Waters: We have a Frankenstein on our hands, and a very well-informed Frankenstein. He must be stopped.
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Champagne for Caesar Facts
The title refers to Beauregard Bottomley's alcohol-loving parrot Caesar, voiced by Mel Blanc.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 5, 1950 with Ronald Colman, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton and Art Linkletter reprising their film roles.
Acting debut of Art Linkletter. (He played himself in his first film, People Are Funny.)
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