Let's Fall in Love (1933)(DVD-R) + Slightly French (1949) on DVD

Get the original film, Let's Fall in Love (1933), and the remake, Slightly French (1949), for 20% off their individual prices!

LET'S FALL IN LOVE

Starring Edmund Lowe, Ann Sothern, Miriam Jordan, Gregory Ratoff,
Greta Meyer
Directed by David Burton

Print: black/white
Runtime: 67 min.
Genre: musical
Print quality: B

A genial lampoon of the Greta Garbo craze, Let's Fall in Love stars Ann
Sothern as Jean, a Brooklyn-born aspiring actress. It so happens that Ken
(Edmund Lowe), an ambitious movie director, is searching for a Swedish
actress to replace his temperamental star Forsell (Tala Birrell). In
desperation, Ken decides to transform Jean into a Scandinavian film
sensation, spending six weeks coaching her in the proper accent and "I
vant to be alone" demeanor. The ruse is successful until Ken's jealous
ex-fiancee Gerry (Miriam Jordan) exposes Jean as a phony, but by this
time the inevitability of a happy ending is never in doubt. The Harold
Arlen-Ted Koehler title tune from Let's Fall in Love would become
something of an anthem for Columbia Pictures, popping up in everything
from Pal Joey to Shake, Rattle and Roll!

SLIGHTLY FRENCH (1949)

Starring Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Janis Carter, Willard Parker, Adele Jergens
Directed by Douglas Sirk

Print: black/white
Runtime: 81 min.
Genre: musical
Print quality: A

Director Douglas Sirk's love of cinematic esoterica was kept in check in the musical
comedy Slightly French. Dorothy Lamour stars as Mary O'Leary, a carnival entertainer
who's discovered by enterprising director John Gayle (Don Ameche). The plot dictates that
Gayle must pass off Mary as an elegant Parisian actress/singer. This slender plotline
enables the film to toss off a number of satirical quips about show biz, and to display
Lamour in a variety of exotic costumes. The best musical numbers occur during an
extended film-within-a-film sequence. Slightly French is buoyed by its expert supporting
cast, including Janis Carter, Willard Parker and Adele Jergens.