The Gay Deception
1935 film
- September 13, 1935 (1935-09-13)
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The Gay Deception is a 1935 romantic comedy film starring Francis Lederer and Frances Dee. Writers Stephen Morehouse Avery and Don Hartman were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story.
Plot
Secretary Mirabel Miller wins a lottery and decides to live it up in The Waldorf-Plaza, a luxurious New York hotel, where she clashes with a bellboy who is more than he appears to be.
Cast
- Francis Lederer as Sandro (Prince Alessandro)
- Frances Dee as Mirabel Miller
- Benita Hume as Miss Cordelia Channing
- Alan Mowbray as Lord Clewe
- Lennox Pawle as Consul-General Semanek
- Adele St. Mauer as Lucille (as Adele St. Maur)
- Akim Tamiroff as Spellek
- Luis Alberni as Ernest
- Lionel Stander as Gettel
- Ferdinand Gottschalk as Mr. Squires
- Richard Carle as Mr. Spitzer
- Lenita Lane as Peg DeForrest
- Barbara Fritchie as Joan Dennison
- Paul Hurst as Bell Captain
- Robert Greig as Adolph
Reception
Variety said, "William Wyler directed and is a happy selection for this type of story and cast. Casting has been done with a keen sense of appreciation for humor."[1]
Home media
The film was released on DVD on April 7, 2014.[2]
References
External links
- The Gay Deception at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Gay Deception at IMDb
- The Gay Deception at the TCM Movie Database
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- Lazy Lightning (1926)
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- Desert Dust (1927)
- Hard Fists (1927)
- Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)
- Thunder Riders (1928)
- The Shakedown (1929)
- The Love Trap (1929)
- Hell's Heroes (1930)
- The Storm (1930)
- A House Divided (1931)
- Tom Brown of Culver (1932)
- Her First Mate (1933)
- Counsellor at Law (1933)
- Glamour (1934)
- The Good Fairy (1935)
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- These Three (1936)
- Dodsworth (1936)
- Come and Get It (1936)
- Dead End (1937)
- Jezebel (1938)
- Wuthering Heights (1939)
- The Westerner (1940)
- The Letter (1940)
- The Little Foxes (1941)
- Mrs. Miniver (1942)
- Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- Thunderbolt (1947)
- The Heiress (1949)
- Detective Story (1951)
- Carrie (1952)
- Roman Holiday (1953)
- The Desperate Hours (1955)
- Friendly Persuasion (1956)
- The Big Country (1958)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- The Children's Hour (1961)
- The Collector (1965)
- How to Steal a Million (1966)
- Funny Girl (1968)
- The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
- Five Came Back
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