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RomanceDramaComedy

Angel

- I want love - and I'm going to get it!

While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.

Release Date : 1937-10-29

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Marlene Dietrich

Character Name : Lady Maria Barker, aka Angel

Original Name : Marlene Dietrich

Gender : Female

Herbert Marshall

Character Name : Sir Frederick Barker

Original Name : Herbert Marshall

Gender : Male

Melvyn Douglas

Character Name : Anthony 'Tony' Halton

Original Name : Melvyn Douglas

Gender : Male

Edward Everett Horton

Character Name : Graham

Original Name : Edward Everett Horton

Gender : Male

Ernest Cossart

Character Name : Christopher 'Chris' Wilton

Original Name : Ernest Cossart

Gender : Male

Laura Hope Crews

Character Name : Grand Duchess Anna Dmitrievna

Original Name : Laura Hope Crews

Gender : Female

Herbert Mundin

Character Name : Mr. Greenwood

Original Name : Herbert Mundin

Gender : Male

Dennie Moore

Character Name : Emma MacGillicuddy Wilton

Original Name : Dennie Moore

Gender : Female

Gino Corrado

Character Name : Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Original Name : Gino Corrado

Gender : Male

Ivan Lebedeff

Character Name :

Original Name : Ivan Lebedeff

Gender : Male

Leonard Carey

Character Name :

Original Name : Leonard Carey

Gender : Male

Louise Carter

Character Name :

Original Name : Louise Carter

Gender : Female

Phyllis Coghlan

Character Name :

Original Name : Phyllis Coghlan

Gender : Female

George Davis

Character Name :

Original Name : George Davis

Gender : Male

Duci De Kerekjarto

Character Name :

Original Name : Duci De Kerekjarto

Gender : Male

Herbert Evans

Character Name : Lord Davington's Butler (uncredited)

Original Name : Herbert Evans

Gender : Male

James Finlayson

Character Name : Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)

Original Name : James Finlayson

Gender : Male

Bobby Hale

Character Name : News Vendor (uncredited)

Original Name : Bobby Hale

Gender : Male

Gerald Hamer

Character Name :

Original Name : Gerald Hamer

Gender : Male

Sam Harris

Character Name : Man at Club (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Harris

Gender : Male

Arthur Hurni

Character Name :

Original Name : Arthur Hurni

Gender : Male

Olaf Hytten

Character Name : Consolidated Press Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Olaf Hytten

Gender : Male

Suzanne Kaaren

Character Name :

Original Name : Suzanne Kaaren

Gender : Female

Carl M. Leviness

Character Name :

Original Name : Carl M. Leviness

Gender : Male

Gwendolyn Logan

Character Name :

Original Name : Gwendolyn Logan

Gender : Female

Lionel Pape

Character Name :

Original Name : Lionel Pape

Gender : Male

Joseph Romantini

Character Name :

Original Name : Joseph Romantini

Gender : Male

Michael Visaroff

Character Name :

Original Name : Michael Visaroff

Gender : Male

Eric Wilton

Character Name :

Original Name : Eric Wilton

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-04-01

Ernst Lubitsch has managed not only to assemble three strong character actors here, but he also manages to get them to play well with/against each other without the whole thing descending into predicable melodrama. The lynch pin of the plot is the glamorous "Lady Maria" (Marlene Dietrich) who is married to her loyal, if maybe not the most lively, diplomat husband "Sir Frederick" (Herbert Marshall). Whilst feeling a bit neglected when he is away on one of his trips, she heads to Paris to visit her friend, the Russian Grand Duchess "Anna" (Laura Hope-Crews). As was customary for ladies of great social station, her function was largely that of a facilitator for the great and the good (or not so good) to meet at glittering soirées and it is at one such function that "Maria" encounters the rather rakish "Halton" (Melvyn Douglas) and the seeds for our developing love triangle are gradually sown. Now she has been using an alias ("Angel") in France, and when it turns out that her husband and her new beau have some wartime experiences in common - and they are all on the guest list to the same gathering - her wicket starts to look distinctly sticky! The plot is not especially remarkable, but there are four strong and engaging performances for us to enjoy here. Dietrich and Douglas gel well on screen together, Marshall always did manage that slightly aloof statesmanlike role well, and Crews cleverly plays her game to ensure that she, too, always gets what she needs from the various predicaments she encounters. It's also helped by a small cast, some quickly paced and sharp dialogue and it looks good to watch, too.