The Romantic Age is a 1949

1949 in film

The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello...

 British

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 comedy film directed by Edmond T. Gréville. The screenplay

Screenplay

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 by Peggy Barwell and Edward Dryhurst is based on the French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 novel

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 Lycee des jeunes filles by Serge Véber.

The plot focuses on middle-aged Arnold Dickson, an art master who joins the staff of the girls' school in which his daughter Julie is enrolled. He soon finds himself the target of Arlette, a sophisticated French exchange student who has more than education on her mind. On a dare, she seduces the professor into running off to Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 with her, a plot derailed by Julie when she orchestrates a scheme designed to help him put the affair into perspective.

Production notes

In 1960, composer Charles Williams

Charles Williams (composer)

Charles Williams was a British composer and conductor, contributing music to over 50 films...

 topped the American pop music charts with his theme for the film The Apartment

The Apartment

The Apartment is a 1960 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. It was Wilder's follow-up to the enormously popular Some Like It Hot and, like its predecessor, was a commercial and critical hit, grossing $25...

. It originally had been written for and was heard in this film under the title "Jealous Lover."

The film was released as Naughty Arlette in the United States.

Principal cast

• Hugh Williams
  Hugh Williams
  Hugh Williams was an English actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.-Personal life:...
  
   ..... Arnold Dickson
• Mai Zetterling
  Mai Zetterling
  -Early life:Zetterling was born in Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden to a working class family. She started her career as an actress by the age of seventeen at Dramaten, the Swedish national theater, and appeared in war-era film starting in her teens.-Career:...
  
   ..... Arlette
• Petula Clark
  Petula Clark
  Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
  
   ..... Julie Dickson
• Margot Grahame
  Margot Grahame
  Margot Grahame was an English actress most noted for starring in The Informer and The Crimson Pirate. She started acting in 1930 and made her last screen appearance in 1958.-Movie actress:...
  
   ..... Helen Dickson
• Carol Marsh
  Carol Marsh
  Carol Marsh , born Norma Simpson, was an English film actress known for winning the part of Rose in the film Brighton Rock after thousands auditioned for the part....
  
   ..... Patricia
• Raymond Lovell
  Raymond Lovell
  Raymond Lovell was a Canadian-born film actor who performed in British produced films. He mainly played supporting roles, and was often seen as slightly pompous characters...
  
   ..... Hedges
• Paul Dupuis
  Paul Dupuis
  Paul Dupuis was a French Canadian film actor who was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and performed in British films during the late 1940s. The roles he played were mainly as the romantic leading man...
  
   ..... Henri Sinclair
• Margaret Barton
  Margaret Barton
  Margaret Barton is a British actress. She is best known for her role in the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter in which she played Beryl, a girl who works in the station cafe.-Selected filmography:* Brief Encounter...
  
    ..... Bessie
• Marie Ney
  Marie Ney
  Marie Ney was a British actress who had an acting career spanning five decades, from 1919 to 1969....
  
   ..... Miss Hallam
• Mark Daly
  Mark Daly (actor)
  Mark Daly was a British film actor.Mark Daly was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 23 August 1887 and died 27 September 1957 in England. He made his first stage appearance in Swansea, Wales in 1906 and his first London engagement at the Shaftesbury Theatre six years later...
  
   ..... Withers

Principal production credits

• Producers
  Film producer
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   ..... Edward Dryhurst, Eric L'Epine Smith
• Original Music
  Film score
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   ..... Charles Williams
• Cinematography
  Cinematography
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   ..... Hone Glendinning
• Art Direction
  Art director
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   ..... Anthony Mazzei
• Costume Design
  Costume design
  Costume design is the fabrication of apparel for the overall appearance of a character or performer. This usually involves researching, designing and building the actual items from conception. Costumes may be for a theater or cinema performance but may not be limited to such...
  
   ..... Eleanor Abbey

Critical reception

Picturegoer

Picturegoer

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called the film a "flimsy, but in parts not unamusing trifle" that is "very theatrical" and added, "Mai Zetterling has an unsuitable role for her as a French girl and Hugh Williams is suitably stodgy as the master. His wife is well characterised by Margot Grahame and Petula Clark is charming and ingenuous as his daughter."

Today's Cimema described it as a "rather dull story" that "lacks the sparkle and fun that would have widened its appeal . . . Mai Zetterling is too mature for the role of Arlette, for her mannerisms become irritating and her attitude quite absurd. Petula Clark is much more successful as the master's charming daughter Julie, for she has been given a role suited to her age and experience . . . The Romantic Age should amuse adolescents who may be more able to appreciate its point but it is unlikely to be equally entertaining to adults."

TV Guide

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rates the film two out of a possible four stars and comments, "It's not a particularly tasteful theme, nor is the comedy handled with the wit necessary to pull it off. The results are fairly pedestrian and lack any real style."

External links

• The Romantic Age at the Internet Movie Database