Heartbeat

1946

1h 42m

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4.9/10

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Comedy

Romance

A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.

Directors

Sam Wood

Writers

Morrie Ryskind(adaptation by)

Max Kolpé(screenplay by)

Michel Duran(screenplay by)

Stars

Ginger Rogers

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Adolphe Menjou

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Top cast

Arlette Lafron

Pierre de Roche

Ambassador

Roland Latour

Yves Cadubert

Baron Ferdinand Dvorak

Ambassador's Wife

Minister

Professor Aristide

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Fred Hueston

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Rodney Bell

Student (uncredited)

Robert Cherry

Student (uncredited)

Directors

Sam Wood

Writers

Morrie Ryskind(adaptation by)

Max Kolpé(screenplay by)

Michel Duran(screenplay by)

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If you imagine a sort of Parisian start to "Oliver Twist", then you can envisage "Arlette" (Ginger Rogers) alone and broke on the unforgiving streets of Paris. Luckily, their equivalent of "Fagin" is running his own school for pick-pockets and so "Aristide" (Basil Rathbone) decides that she might make for an ideal addition to his student fraternity. Her first attempt is a bit of a disaster but luckily for her, her victim (Adolphe Menjou) is an ambassador with a mission of his own. If she does some sleight of hand for him, the he'll forget she tried to pinch his pearl pin. Her mark is the dashing young "Pierre" (Jean-Pierre Aumont) who happens to have a secret of his own. She turns out to be more efficient this time, but their magnets are turned on and soon the two are falling head over heels for all to see - except them! With his secret now in the wrong hands a series of misunderstandings, duplicity and diplomatic shenanigans follow. What chance of any romance surviving this? Rogers is on engaging form here, especially at the start as the naive and nervous "Arlette" has to learn the ropes from her manipulative tutor, and there's an obvious but still quite amiable chemistry with Aumont that builds nicely, if predictably. Mona Maris turns in quite a fun series of cameos as the ambassador's long-suffering wife and though it's far too long, it's still quite an enjoyable "Ginger does Dickens" that's just a bit stodgy in the middle.

Geronimo196704 Jan, 2025