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Tutta Rolf Movies

1939  
 
The Whalers (original title: Valfangare) is a filmed record of the final whaling expedition in the Arctic before the outbreak of WW2. Only partly a documentary, the film is able to accommodate a dramatic throughline, concerning the redemption of wastrelly millionaire's son Allan Blom (Allan Bohlin). Pressed into service on the expedition, Allan shows he's a true son of Scandanavia through his courageous actions on the high seas, and even wins the hand of heroine Sonja (Tutta Rolf) in the bargain. While the whaling scenes are both exciting and exhillarating, the sequence in which a whale carcass is stripped and gutted may not appeal to everyone in the audience. Originally filmed in 1939 in Swedish and Norwegian, The Whalers was helpfully fitted out with English subtitles for its 1942 American run. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Erik Berglund
 
1938  
 
A Swedish production with English subtitles, Dollar focuses on a businessman's wife (Ingrid Bergman) who suspects her husband of adultery. She decides to catch him in the act at a ski lodge. ~ John Bush, Rovi

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1938  
 
Having previously discovered such talents as Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman, director Gustav Molander used his Sara Lar Sig Folkvett (Sara Learns Manners) as a showcase for his latest protegee, Tutta Rolf. She is cast as Sara, a good-hearted but hopelessly vulgar servant girl. Though she is a constant embarrassment to her middle-class employers, Sara is so well liked by the members of the household that no one can bear to fire her. When Sara inherits a fortune, she becomes acutely aware of her social shortcomings and sets about to become a "lady." But once she realizes that High Society is populated by phonies and hypocrites, our heroine gives away her money and returns to the people she truly cares about. A neat climactic plot twist allows Sara to have her cake and eat it too. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Tutta RolfEmma Meissner, (more)
 
1937  
 
Raoul Walsh, best remembered for his rough-and-tumble action pictures, made this film on a rare loan-out to a British studio. Jim Tracey (Wallace Ford) is an American gangster who, while on the run from the law, flees to England, where he joins the British army by posing as a Canadian. Jim and his new friend Bert Dawson (John Mills) go through training together, and they both get to know Sally Briggs (Anna Lee), the daughter of their commanding officer. While Jim and Bert vie for Sally's attentions, Jim discovers that his girlfriend Jean Burdett (Grace Bradley) has followed him to England and is threatening to reveal his true identity. Jim ships out to China with his regiment before Jean's word can get too far; it turns out that Sally is also on board the ship, but that bit of good news turns sour when band of Chinese bandits attempt to seize the ship and take Sally with them. O.H.M.S. was also released under the more American-sounding title You're in the Army Now. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Wallace FordJohn Mills, (more)
 
1937  
 
The English-language title of this Swedish romance is Under a False Flag. Tutta Rolf stars as Margot, the spoiled-rotten daughter of banker Karl Hammar (Ernest Eklund). Accustomed to getting what she wants, Margot falls in love with a poor bank clerk (Allan Bolin) who does not reciprocate her feelings. To win him over, she pretends to be poor herself -- and finds that she rather likes not being pampered for a change. Undre Fals Flagg was also released as Under False Colors, which under the circumstances makes more sense. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Ernst EklundTutta Rolf, (more)
 
1936  
 
In this British musical, a riveter finds his attention riveted on a pretty tap dancer causing him to fall from a skyscraper and break both of his ankles. Later she visits him in hospital and cons him into learning to tap as a way to strengthen his newly healed joints. As soon as he is fully recovered, he returns to his job but discovers that he is terrified of heights. This causes him to become a professional dancer instead. He also marries the girl. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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1935  
 
Dressed to Thrill was a brave but foredoomed attempt to transform Russian musical favorite Tutta Rolf into a Hollywood movie star. Rolf is cast in a dual role, as famed stage singer Nadia Petrova and humble dressmaker Colette DuBois. It hardly takes two reels before the two heroines' identities are switched when Colette impulsively decides to wear a gown created with Nadia in mind. Hero Bill Trent (Clive Brook) looks confused even after he's figured out which girl is which. A remake of a French film of the same name (also directed by Harry Lachman), Dressed to Thrill was adapted by Samson Rafaelson from a play by Albert Savoir. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Tutta RolfClive Brook, (more)
 
1935  
 
Based on a play by Hjalmar Bergman, this Swedish film concentrates on the family of a brilliant but poverty-stricken scientist, played by Gosta Ekman. When Hakan Westergren, the eldest of Eckman's grown children, becomes engaged to a wealthy young woman, he refuses to allow her to support him. When it seems as though Westergren has forged his father's name on some promissory notes in order to raise money, the potential scandal nearly forces Eckman to give up the Nobel Prize he is about to receive. This domestic dilemma is solved (though not to everyone's satisfaction) and the family pride is saved. Swedenhielms might never have been released in the U.S. had it not been for the charming early presence of Ingrid Bergman, cast as Westergren's fiancee. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Gösta EkmanTutta Rolf, (more)