Lilian Harvey and Charles Butterworth in My Weakness (1933)
British postcard. Film Weekly. Lilian Harvey and Charles Butterworth in the pre-Code musical romance My Weakness (David Butler, Fox 1933), also with Lew Ayres. It was the second of four films made by the British-German actress Harvey in Hollywood.
A wealthy, spendthrift young man, Ronnie Gregory (Ayres), who always has a harem of women around him, bets his uncle Ellery (Henry Travers), owner of a bras factory, that he can transform a clumsy cleaning lady, named Looloo Blake (Harvey), into a glamorous fashion plate, then marry her off to his bachelor cousin (Butterworth), the ugly uncle's son Gerald. With the help of Ronnie's harem, in particular brunette Jacqueline Wood (Susan Fleming), for whom this is all just fun, the makeover of Looloo into a classy, well-mannered lady is so complete, that Ronnie, Gerald, friend Maxie (Sid Silvers), and even uncle Ellery fall in love with her. Apparently, Cupid has shot too many arrows around. Moreover, imitating the London upper-class's caprice, Looloo has become a little diva... (Source: German Wikipedia)
British born, German actress and singer Lilian Harvey (1906-1968) was Ufa's biggest star of the 1930s. With Willy Fritsch, she formed the 'Dream Team of the European Cinema'. Their best film was the immensely popular film operetta Der Kongress tanzt/The Congress Dances (Erik Charell, 1931).
Lilian Harvey and Charles Butterworth in My Weakness (1933)
British postcard. Film Weekly. Lilian Harvey and Charles Butterworth in the pre-Code musical romance My Weakness (David Butler, Fox 1933), also with Lew Ayres. It was the second of four films made by the British-German actress Harvey in Hollywood.
A wealthy, spendthrift young man, Ronnie Gregory (Ayres), who always has a harem of women around him, bets his uncle Ellery (Henry Travers), owner of a bras factory, that he can transform a clumsy cleaning lady, named Looloo Blake (Harvey), into a glamorous fashion plate, then marry her off to his bachelor cousin (Butterworth), the ugly uncle's son Gerald. With the help of Ronnie's harem, in particular brunette Jacqueline Wood (Susan Fleming), for whom this is all just fun, the makeover of Looloo into a classy, well-mannered lady is so complete, that Ronnie, Gerald, friend Maxie (Sid Silvers), and even uncle Ellery fall in love with her. Apparently, Cupid has shot too many arrows around. Moreover, imitating the London upper-class's caprice, Looloo has become a little diva... (Source: German Wikipedia)
British born, German actress and singer Lilian Harvey (1906-1968) was Ufa's biggest star of the 1930s. With Willy Fritsch, she formed the 'Dream Team of the European Cinema'. Their best film was the immensely popular film operetta Der Kongress tanzt/The Congress Dances (Erik Charell, 1931).