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Private Lives (1931) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Sidney Franklin and produced by Irving Thalberg.

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Watching 1939: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

on Apr 19, 2018 From Comet Over Hollywood

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, th... Read full article

Pre-Code Crazy: Private Lives (1931)

By shadowsandsatin on Nov 3, 2015 From Shadows and Satin

My Pre-Code Crazy pick for the month of November is Private Lives (1931), starring the totally awesome Norma Shearer and the always fantastic Robert Montgomery. In the interest of full disclosure, I have already written about this film on my blog, and under normal circumstances, that fact would auto... Read full article

Pre-Code Perversion: Private Lives (1931)*

By Vanessa Buttino on Sep 19, 2014 From Stardust

Pre-Code Perversion: Private Lives (1931)* Have you ever watched a movie and thought to yourself: What if this were to happen in real life? If you're at all familiar with the premise of Noel Coward's PRIVATE LIVES you'll know that something like this could very well happen to anyone, really... Read full article

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

By Beatrice on Feb 21, 2014 From Flickers in Time

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Norman Reilly Raine and Aeneas MacKenzie based on the play by Maxwell Anderson 1939/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental The quote, picture, and clip probably say more about the quality of this fictionalized cost... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX (1939)

By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 5, 2012 From Virtual Virago

Directed by Michael Curtiz, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) offers as much Technicolor pomp and spectacle as one could hope for in a lavish Warner Brothers costume drama, as well as the stars to match. Bette Davis rules the screen as Elizabeth I, but her court boasts luminaries as di... Read full article

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Private Lives Quotes:

Amanda: Have you known her long?
Elyot: About four months, we met in a house party in Norfolk.
Amanda: Very flat, Norfolk.
Amanda: I was brought up to believe it was beyond the pale for a man to strike a woman.
Elyot: A very poor tradition. Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs.
Elyot: What are you doing here?
Amanda: I'm on my honeymoon.
Elyot: Hope you're enjoying it.
Amanda: It hasn't started yet.
Elyot: Neither has mine.
Amanda: [as Elyot opens his cigarette case] Give me one for the love of heaven,
Elyot Chase: You don't hold any mystery for me darling; do you mind? There isn't a part of you I don't know, remember, and want.
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Private Lives Facts
Glacier Bay Park in Montana doubled for the Swiss Alps in the film's mountain climbing scene.
The original play opened in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, and starred Noel Coward (who also directed), Gertrude Lawrence, Laurence Olivier and Adrianne Allen. After a 5-week tour of England, it opened a scheduled 3-month engagement in London on 24 September 1930, after which it came to Broadway, New York City, on 27 January 1931 and ran for 256 performances, closing in September 1931. Jill Esmond replaced Allen in New York for the role of Sybil. The very popular play had 6 Broadway revivals alone, the last in 2002, and is continually revived the world over.
In the 1930s the word "God" was not to be used trivially in the movies. Thus the line in Private Lives regarding a cigarette was changed from, "For God sakes give me one," to "Give me one for the love of heaven."
Robert Montgomery was accidentally knocked unconscious during the fight scene with Norma Shearer.
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