5th Ave Girl

The story of 5th Avenue Girl concerns Mary (Ginger Rogers), an unwaged girl, who is employed by Alfred (Walter Connolly), a tycoon, to pose as his paramour. Type of media Video. Feeling lonely, he takes the advice of his butler (Seeing the reaction this elicits from his formerly indifferent family, he concocts a scheme: he hires Mary to pretend to be his mistress. Terrible movie...You can feel that this is the same director as the much superior My Man Godfrey. The "La Cava touch" is not as remarkable as the "Lubitsch touch", but it has its merits.Gregory La Cava’s romantic comedy. Genre(s) Comedy, Romance Director(s) Gregory La Cava Cast includes Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale, James Ellison, Tim Holt, Kathryn Adams, Franklin Pangborn, Ferike Boros, Louis Calhern, Theodor Von Eltz Well, it's a comedy premise, but it's played like a drama. There’s something about the poster for this movie that I’ve fancied for quite a while! They end up in Central Park, where Tim spontaneously kisses her. The rest of the cast is mostly serviceable.This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films. Here's the gist: Connolly is a wealthy business man, whose good fortunes seem to have run out. The always good Ginger Rogers is spunky and tosses off her sharp lines with aplomb, though there is a layer of true sadness underlying her mission of mercy into a fractured upper class family. Trailer JustWatch. I hoped the film would be zany and fun, because the premise left opportunity for all kind of shenanigans. Once again, Ginger Rogers gives a solid performance but the problem is there isn't enough development of her character.Not surprised to hear “Happy Birthday” sung four or five times throughout this RKO-turned-Warner Bros. film. But no, it's just an address, and the first of several disappointments suffered in this story of a rich man who feels ignored by his family and hires a woman to pose as his mistress to get their attention. Her two modes of comic playing were “appealingly deadpan” and “unforgivably broad” (see Howard Hawks’ Monkey Business for one such chilling example) – the former serves her well here. Approved Running time 83m 7s . It had some really good parts and performances but didn't flow together nicely.MN Connection: Jack Carson has a very small part as a sailor named Minnesota.A witty and intelligent script with some pointed social and class commentary (and an amusing resident Marxist chauffeur). When a policeman tries to interfere, Mary tells him to mind his own business.

A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family. This…From 'The Screwball Comedy Films: A History & Filmography, 1934-1942' by Duane Byrge & Robert Milton Miller. Borden then retreats toward his bedroom, but Martha invites him into hers. She and Walter Connolly (here not doing his usual double takes) are…Feeling unwanted by his wife and children, a wealthy industrialist hires an unemployed young woman to pose as his mistress. The film is about a rich industrialist with business problems who feels neglected by his family, so he hires a young woman to stir things up. Ginger has all the quick patter of a comedy heroine, but a downcast expression for most of the film. Walter Connolly is sweet and poignant as the gently scheming industrialist patriarch whose only goal is to (re)capture some joy in a tedious and shallow life. Afterward, they page through an old photograph album, reminiscing about their life together. In many ways, the whole movie is about loneliness and finding a place in life. 1939 Directed by Gregory La Cava. A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family. Approved Running time 82m 53s .