God's Gift to Women
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
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The Devil Was Sick by Jane Hinton |
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| Music by | Leroy Shield |
| Cinematography | Robert Kurrle |
| Edited by | James Gibbon |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
God's Gift to Women (1931) is an American Pre-Code romantic musical comedy film by Warner Brothers. The film starred Frank Fay, Charles Winninger, Laura LaPlante, Louise Brooks and Joan Blondell. The film was based on the play called The Devil Was Sick by Jane Hinton, and was originally completed as a musical film. Due to audience distaste for musicals, however, all the songs were cut in American prints. The complete film was released intact in other countries, where there was no such decline in popularity.
Wealthy French playboy Toto Duryea (Frank Fay) is irresistible to women, but is in love with none of them. According to Monsieur Rancour (Armand Kaliz), for Toto, "every woman is like a new dish to be tasted." When he is finally and instantly smitten with American Diane Churchill (Laura LaPlante), he has great difficulty proving to her and her father (Charles Winninger) that he truly loves her. Finally, he convinces her that he is sincere; Mr. Churchill insists that Toto give up his women and carousing and stay away from his daughter for six months to prove he has reformed. He also asks that Toto get examined by Churchill's doctor.
Dr. Dumont (Arthur Edmund Carewe) has bad news for Toto: his heart is so weak, even the excitement caused by so much as a woman's kiss would be fatal. Toto takes to his bed, but three of his girlfriends insist on nursing him: Fifi (Joan Blondell), Florine (Louise Brooks) and Dagmar (Yola d'Avril). When they all converge on his bedroom and discover each other, they engage in a three-way catfight. Then an outraged husband (John T. Murray) shows up to shoot him. Fortunately, Dr. Dumont arrives and divulges Toto's condition. The husband and the three women all leave.
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