Demilles latest audible film, madam satan, which is now at the capitol, is a strange conglomeration of unreal incidents that. The nickname madame sata may have been given to sata soon after his release from the correctional colony, and not in 1938 as paezzo narrates. Nov 30, 2011 madam satan 1930 angela brooks kay johnson is happily married to bob reginald denny, but unfortunately, she soon finds out that bob isnt as happy with their marriage. Demilles semimusical comedydisaster movie and the uninitiated will assume that nothing good could come from such a concept. A faithless husband falls in love with a mysterious woman on board a zeppelin during a fancy dress ball.
Although occasional telecasts in less prominent markets did take place, there is no reliable documentation that it was ever televised in. Its climax involves a song and dance number at a masquerade ball attended aboard a zeppelin full of debauchery and suggestive meanings with the titular madam poking away at the morals of an immoral man with one of the worst. In retrospect, i should have saved that appellation for madam satan. The life of laura ingalls wilder tribute little house on the prairie tv show theme song duration. Madame satan 1930 who wants to go to hell with madame satan. Kay johnson attends a masquerade ball held in a zeppelin above new york city in the musical comedy madam satan 1930. Madam satan 1930 cast and crew a socialite kay johnson seduces her husband reginald denny during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible. Roland young, lillian roth, reginald denny, kay johnson. Mar 05, 2015 provided to youtube by youtube csv2ddex madam satan senor flavio nada especial proxima ola released on. Demille must have felt he was in hell when he saw the box office receipts for madame satan 1930, an unpopular at the time hybrid of musical and romantic melodrama. The lowestpriced brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide. But angela has a plan to win back her husbands affections.
Angela believes that being married means one has to settle. In an effort to win back her unfaithful husbands affections and teach him a lesson, a woman hosts an elaborate masquerade ball on an airship where she disguises herself as an alluring devil woman and seduces him. Demille directs this precode musical extravaganza about a wife who teaches her errant husband a lesson in. Madam satan 1930 a socialite kay johnson seduces her husband reginald denny during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible. Madam satan the art and popular culture encyclopedia. Madam satan deserves a lot more than this appalling edit. The occasionally witty dialogue was probably gladys ungers contribution to the screenplay, but what really makes it work is the excellent comic timing and rapport of reginald denny, lillian roth and roland young.
It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. Demille, starring kay johnson, reginald denny, lillian roth and roland young. Ricerca nel piu grande archivio digitale europeo del cinema mondiale, con piu di 50. The first half of the film is a marital comedy hampered by the stillprimitive, camera in a booth sound recording technology of 1930. To take advantage of the new medium, studio head louis b. Demilles only musical is the tale of an urban socialite kay johnson who masks herself as the steamy madame satan to win back her husband reginald denny from the arms of a chorus. Madam satan is a 1930 musical comedy film, directed by cecil b. Madam satan cecil b demille ballet mecanique 2m46s1930. Aug 25, 20 a man is bewitched by the mysterious madam satan he meets at a lavish masquerade ball. These flaws end up making madam satan a lousy film, but still a oneofakind experience. Demille was a peculiar, yet lovable, producer of hollywood balderdash, and madam satan just might be his most bizarro film. Her powers as madam satan include hypnotic control, teleportation, shapeshifting, and a deadly kiss. Mar 22, 20 these flaws end up making madam satan a lousy film, but still a oneofakind experience.
Add into that mix disaster movie and fashion parade, and you get a film thats worth seeing just for its jawdropping novelty value alone. The film, however, was released in black and white due to the backlash against musicals which made the extra expense of color superfluous. Its angela in disguise, of course, here to outskank the skank. The film s premise is that the wife doesnt put out and is called almost explicitly frigid, but the mistress does. Madam satan 1930 posted by stacia on september 25, 2012 august 31, 2015. Why didnt anyone here tell me about madam satan its a hoot. An elaborate masquerade ball is to be held aboard a magnificent dirigible. The vhs running time is a little over 117 minutes, including maybe half a minute of the mgm home video logo etc. The risqu plot is a hoot, but what really makes this film is its canyoubelieveit production values. Garbos first talking film was released in early 1930, so im reasonably certain angela is supposed to sound like her. Not likely, because the temptress is really his wife in disguise. Romance of the roses, a stage show, devised by chester hale cecil b. This film received one of its first, and early, television broadcasts in san francisco monday 27 october 1958 on kgotv channel 7.
The original color sequences to madam satan no longer exist. Johnson vows to raise her temperature to win her husband back, and storms out. Madam satan, written by jeanie macpherson, directed by cecil b. Released in the usa on september 20 of 1930, madam satan also known as madame satan is a musicalromancecomedy film directed by cecil b. Tijdens een gemaskerd bal wil ze haar overspelige echtgenoot verleiden. Madam satan appears as a darkhaired beauty in her human form, but in her true form, she has a green skull face with skullstudded eyes.
Mixups abound, but theyre tame compared to madam satans hard left turn into a busby berkeleyesque ambien dream. After a wild night of partying with his friend jimmy roland young, angela sees that their antics had made the newspaper. Madam satan is also special in that it is perhaps the only demille comedy which is actually rather funny. Demillea, poznat kao jedan od najneobicnijih u njegovoj filmografiji, kao i produkciji studija metrogoldwynmayer u tom periodu hollywoodske historije. Angela kay johnson e bob reginald denney formam um rico casal. The picture opened in new york city at loews state theatre the week of. Theyre not far from the mark, but its not what demilles contemporaries would have thought before the film first appeared. Thematically, this marked an attempt by demille to return to the boudoir. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in. Garbos first talking film was released in early 1930. Mayer urged him to tackle a musical, with madame satan as the result.
Madam satan has been called one of the oddest films demille made and certainly one of the oddest mgm made during its golden age. A curiosity perhaps, but in almost every demille picture there is. Angela will attend and disguise herself as a mysterious devil woman. Sep 25, 2012 people do this with their capes a lot in madam satan. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. A man is bewitched by the mysterious madam satan he meets at a lavish. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. Madam satan je americki crnobijeli igrani film snimljen 1930. It is not about a woman out to entrap souls for eternal doom in hell, but a romantic film about a womans desire for a married man aboard the ill fated blimp.
Little house on the prairie tribute videos by me 1,706,872 views. Kay johnson in madame satan producerdirector cecil b. The same thing occurred with another mgm musical, children of pleasure 1930, whose color sequences were similarly released in black and white. So many lines are delivered with an eyebrow waggle and wink that its completely ludicrous. Our dancing daughters madam satan double feature dates. Po zanru predstavlja kombinaciju romanticne komedije i mjuzikla. Madam satan 1930 angela brooks kay johnson is happily married to bob reginald denny, but unfortunately, she soon finds out that bob isnt as happy with their marriage.
Demille with kay johnson, reginald denny, lillian roth, roland young, year. A web page featuring information about madam satan. I remember when i saw madam satan 1930 for the first time, i really started checking out reginald denny. The absurdly rich angela and bob brooks their house has a pipe organ. Madam satan 1930 stream and watch online moviefone. Madam satan would seem to combine these two subjects. There is his woodsman costume, which i was like woah. Although a roaring lion appears in the final reel, mgms leo logo roars in silence. Madam satan 1930 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Wednesday, march 16 our dancing daughters 1928, harry beaumont flamboyant flapper joan crawford, secretly virtuous despite her tabletop charleston, gets left behind in the rush to marriage but when the infidelities begin to hit the fan more than any of bows movies up to that time, showed the sticks what the jazz babies. In 1930 his jesus biopic the king of kings was still an exceptional work in his filmography, the bible scenes. Madam satan or madame satan is a 1930 american precode musical comedy film produced and directed by cecil b. Actress kay johnson as the alluring madam satan the black and white film came out in 1930 and had originally contained technicolor scenes that were sadly somehow lost. The result was a threepicture deal with mgm that had started promisingly enough with the action hit dynamite 1929, his first alltalking film.
Kay johnson and reginald denny are starring, alongside lillian roth, roland young, elsa peterson and jack king. There is a shower scene, which is somewhat revealing i did not know how fit he was. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. The 2 aug 1930 inside facts of stage and screen announced that demille was currently finishing the editing. According to the 17 sep 1930 var, madam satan screened in theaters in chicago, il, the week of 12 sep 1930. Demilles madam satan is many things, but forgettable is not one of them. With kay johnson, reginald denny, lillian roth, roland young. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. So many usable clips in this movie of just strange things. This running time matches the 116 minutes given by the imdb. She puts on a fake french accent which really sounds like a bad garbo impersonation. The film was, of course, madam satan, filmed from march to may 1930, arguably demilles weirdest film, according to this author, with another arcane and bizarre script which rang the bells of all cecils obsessions with money, adultery, sexual titillation and american urban decadence 300 and besides also including a. Released 1930, madam satan stars kay johnson, reginald denny, lillian roth, roland young the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 55 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Im not really sure where to start with this film i can easily say that there are few films out there like madam satan 1930.
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