Ida Lupino Movies
London-born actress/director/screenwriter Ida Lupino came from a family of performers. She played small parts in Hollywood films through the 1930s until she starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in High Sierra (1941), which led to bigger roles in films of the '40s. Early on, she appeared in Peter Ibbetson (1935), Anything Goes (1936), Artists and Models (1937), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), and The Light That Failed (1939), among others. Later, she appeared in Ladies in Retirement (1941), The Sea Wolf (1941), Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942), and Forever and a Day (1943), and continued performing on into the 1960s, but not in major films. Starting with Not Wanted (1949), which she also co-wrote, she became the only female movie director of her time. She specialized in dramatic and suspense films, including Never Fear (1949), The Hitch-Hiker (1953), The Bigamist (1953), and the comedy The Trouble with Angels (1966). She also directed episodes of many television series, including The Untouchables and The Fugitive. ~ All Movie GuideIn this romantic operetta, a prince heads for the Riviera after he is forcibly dethroned and exiled. There he falls in love with an actress whom he decides to marry, much to the consternation of his regal aunt. But while his auntie is not amused, the former regent's betrothed, a princess who never loved him, is delighted. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Flapper Lupino wants to sew her wild oats before settling down to get married in this romantic drama and Napier assists her in her quest to have an affair with writer Curzon, Napier's husband! ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ida Lupino, Diana Napier, (more)







