The Young in Heart

The Young in Heart is an American film comedy starring Janet Gaynor and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. from 1938, directed by Richard Wallace. It was the penultimate lead role of Janet Gaynor, the end of 1938, retired from the screen.

Action

The Carleton clan lived so far quite well by various scams and swindles. But now they sit and burned without proper perspective firmly in Monte Carlo. The accident brings the acquaintance with the ample naive, but it seems that extremely wealthy Miss Ellen Fortune. Surprising the plan is adopted, at the expense of Miss Fortune to lead a life in the lap of luxury in their London city residence and the old lady to bring the end to her considerable fortune. But things take an unexpected turn after the family members in order to deceive the attorneys of Miss Fortune about their true intentions are, for the first time in paid work life. Col. Anthony Carleton developed unsuspected skills as a seller of luxury cars, his son Richard shows talent as an employee in a post office and daughter George Ann is driven by the love of a poor but respectable engineer of remorse. In the end, Miss Fortune helps things for everyone involved in a positive direction to steer.

Background

Janet Gaynor became very popular on the side of Charles Farrell towards the end of the silent film era as part of the canvas pair. She quickly rose to the biggest star of the Fox Film Corporation and its position could also be on the merger for 20th Century Fox hold until 1936. The dispute over the future direction of their career with the studio boss Darryl F. Zanuck eventually led to the break and Gaynor began following the example of Ronald Colman and Irene Dunne only short-term contracts over a defined number of films complete with various studios. In 1937 she signed a contract for three films for a fee of U.S. $ 137,000 each for David O. Selznick. Like the first film A star rises, the Gaynor Gaynor gave one of the greatest successes of her career and was nominated for an Oscar as best actress.

The occupation of Miss Fortune designed for Selznick as complex. The originally planned Maude Adams, a former big star of the stage, refused the role. Also, Laurette Taylor, one of the biggest stars of the Broadway at the turn of the century could not be drawn from their voluntary retirement. In the end, Selznick was lucky, at least to convince Minnie Dupree. The film originally ended tragically with the death of Miss Fortune, but the negative reactions during various previews prompted the producers to turn a happy ending.

Despite the offer of David O. Selznick to play the role of Melanie Hamilton in his production of Gone with the Wind, and a variety of other interesting offers from other studios Janet Gaynor end of 1938 retired from the screen. She lived the next few decades the majority of the year on a farm in Brazil at the side of her second husband, the costume designer Adrian.

Reviews

The film received excellent reviews. So Variety called The Young in Heart a beautiful and touching film ("a beautiful and deeply touching picture" ). Time magazine praised the intelligence with which an obsolete per se material would be brought new and inspired on the screen ( "however, if It has Often been told before, the story Has rarely been told better. " )

Awards

The film went with three nominations in the Academy Awards ceremony in 1939, but received none of the awards:

  • Best Cinematography - Leon Shamroy
  • Best Original Score - Franz Waxman
  • Best Original Soundtrack - Franz Waxman
1938 in film Richard Wallace (director) Screenplay Charles Bennett (screenwriter) United Artists Film score Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Richard Carlson (disambiguation) 20th Century Fox#Fox Film Corporation A Star Is Born (1937 film) Preview (computing) Gone with the Wind (film) 11th Academy Awards
771508
de