Sunshine Susie (1931)
Inhalt - Content
Leichtfüßige Komödie über die Tücken der Liebe am Arbeitsplatz: Ohne Geld aber voller Hoffnung geht die junge Susie Furster auf Arbeitssuche. Die Bekanntschaft mit dem liebenswerten Bankdiener Hasel bringt ihr nach einigen Missverständnissen eine Anstellung als Sekretärin ein. Der charmante Bankdirektor Arvray hilft ihr bei der Arbeit, ohne jedoch seine Identität preiszugeben. Denn obwohl er sich längst in die junge Frau verliebt hat, will Arvray zunächst Susies Charakter prüfen.
A light-hearted comedy dealing with the obstacles of falling in love at the workplace: Almost broke but full of hope, young Susie Furster is looking for a job. Through her acquaintance with kind bank clerk Hasel – and after coping with several misunderstandings –, she gets hired as a secretary. Charming bank director Arvray helps Susie completing her tasks, but without revealing his true identity: Although he's already fallen in love with the young women, he first wants to test her strength of character.
Kritik
SUNSHINE SUSIE follows in the vivacious footsteps of CONGRESS DANCES, and for that reason may invite comparison with the German musical spectacle. But whereas the Pommer-Charell production was fairy-like in essence and semi-historical in its pretensions, Victor Saville’s picture is essentially farce, which makes no attempt to be anything but frivolous. Although a thread of romance runs through it the treatment intended is established at the start, and thus the spectator is able to enter into the spirit of the thing throughout.
Saville may have taken Lubitsch as his model in at least one scene, but for the most part he has kept things moving in his own way, imparting a British touch to a musical comedy that, curiously enough, is essentially Continental in origin.
Film Weekly, 15.4.1932.
Regie: Victor Saville. Buch: Robert Stevenson, Angus MacPhail, Noel Wood-Smith. Adaptation: Victor Saville; nach dem Drehbuch von Franz Schulz, dem Roman »Die Privatsekretärin« von Stefan Szomáhazy und der Operette von Stefan Bekeffy jr. [= István Békeffy]. Kamera: Mutz Greenbaum. Bauten: Vetchinsky [= Alex Vetchinsky]. Kostüme: Gordon Conway. Schnitt: Ian Dalrymple, Derek Twist. Ton: George Gunn. Musik: Paul Abraham. Musikalische Leitung: Louis Levy. Liedtexte: Desmond Carter. Musik-Titel: »Happy«.
Darsteller: Renate Müller (Susie Furster), Jack Hulbert (Mr. Hasel), Owen Nares (Mr. Arvray), Morris Harvey (Klapper), Sybil Grove (secretary), Gladys Hamer (girl), Daphne Scorer (Elsa), Barbara Gott.
Produktion: Gainsborough Pictures Ltd., London; für: Felsom-Film GmbH, Berlin. Produzent: Michael Balcon. Drehort: Islington Studios, Manchester. Länge: 87 min, 7818 ft = 2384 m. Format: 35mm, s/w, 1:1.19, RCA Photophone.Copyright: 6.12.1931, LP2933. Uraufführung: 7.12.1931, London (Capitol, Trade Show); Erstaufführung: 9.12.1931, London (Prince Edward Theatre).