Escape Me Never (1947 film)
| Escape Me Never | |
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1947 film
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| Directed by |
Peter Godfrey LeRoy Prinz |
| Produced by | Henry Blanke |
| Written by | Thames Williamson Leonore Coffee |
| Based on |
play by Margaret Kennedy based on her novel The Fool of the Family |
| Starring |
Errol Flynn Ida Lupino Eleanor Parker |
| Music by | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| Edited by | Clarence Kolster |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Release date
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November 7, 1947 |
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Running time
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104 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.3 million (US rentals) |
Escape Me Never is a 1947 American melodrama film directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Errol Flynn, Ida Lupino, Eleanor Parker, and Gig Young. It is an adaptation of the play Escape Me Never by Margaret Kennedy which had previously been made into a film of the same name in 1935.
It was the final Warner Brothers film with a musical score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold to be released, but Korngold later adapted the music of Richard Wagner for Republic Pictures' 1954 production Magic Fire and wrote some original music for the film as well.
The story takes place in Venice at the turn of the 20th century. A young composer by the name of Caryl Dubrok (Gig Young) has a love affair with wealthy English heiress, Fenella MacLean (Eleanor Parker), until her parents by mistake start believing that Caryl is living with young widow Gemma Smith (Ida Lupino) and her infant baby.
The MacLean family leaves Venice in a hurry and takes refuge at a safe distance up in the Dolomite mountains. It turns out that Gemma is really living with Caryls big brother Sebastian (Errol Flynn), who showed pity of the young lonely mother and let her stay with him. Sebastian is set on helping his brother explain the misunderstanding to the MacLeans.
Caryl and Sebastian bring Gemma and her baby along on the trip into the mountains. They survive by singing in the streets for money, since both Caryl and Sebastian are aspiring composers and musicians.
When Caryl hurts his foot one day, Gemma and Sebastian sing alone in the street, and encounter a very beautiful woman whom Sebastian instantly falls for. He is unaware that it is Fenella he has met in the street, and starts pursuing her while Gemma goes back to Caryl.
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